[Distutils] "Stable" versions

[Ian Bicking]

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> At 06:44 PM 12/16/2008 -0600, Ian Bicking wrote:
>> I've received a request that pip be able to be restricted to "stable" 
>> versions.  It was suggested some kind of --alpha-ok or --beta-ok 
>> option, but this seems crude.  I'd rather have it be part of the 
>> requirement. Maybe Package==stable?  But there's also reason to do 
>> something like Package>=2.0,stable.  So while pkg_resources can parse 
>> Package==stable easily enough, it's not by itself really expressive 
>> enough (I suppose Package>=2.0,==stable actually works okay).
>>
>> Also, there needs to be a definition of what versions are "stable".  
>> And maybe a distinction between beta/rc and development, though I'm 
>> less worried about that.  Are there definitions of this?
> 
> I would suggest an option that sets a minimum allowable alphanumeric 
> code, e.g. "b" to require beta or better, "c" for release candidate, 
> etc.  It's easy to scan a parsed version for pre-release tags that 
> match.  Setting such an option to "final" would reject any version 
> containing a pre-release tag.

Well, the problem with an option is that it's global.  I can imagine 
wanting to install FirstPackage==stable, and SomethingElse (no specific 
version requirement).

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