[Distutils] install_recommends proposal

[Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:38:49PM +0200, Martijn Faassen wrote:
> I understand how the name "install_recommends" could be confusing 
> terminology

Yes it is

> given the way package managers use the term 'recommended 
> packages', which means extra that you could install too to get more 
> features. "install_prefers" instead?
> 
> An alternative would be to expand the syntax of install_requires and 
> extra_require to allow the recommended version number hint. Something 
> like this:
> 
> install_requires = [
>     'foo (1.2.1)',
>     'bar >= 1.3 (1.3.2)',
>    ]

A really human-readable version would be:

  install_requires = [
      'foo (prefer 1.2.1)',
      'bar >= 1.3 (prefer 1.3.2)',
     ]

Marius Gedminas
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