[Distutils] How to make easy_install handle platlibs?

[zooko]

> Yes, if you used symbols from any shared library in an extension  
> module, you'd need to know the version of that shared library. So  
> it's not just libc. This is the same on any OS, not just linux.

Wait a minute, an extension module built into the Python Standard  
Library, you mean?  Because for separately packaged packages  
("distributions") such as the numpy that you mentioned, your package  
("distribution") would express its requirement on that other package  
("distribution") in its install_requires metadata, not in its name.   
There, in the install_requires metadata, it can also express which  
version it requires.  Right?

Regards,

Zooko