[Distutils] tracking requested vs dependency installs in PEP 376 metadata

[Carl Meyer]

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Gediminas Paulauskas wrote:
> For backwards compatibility already installed packages have to be
> treated as manually installed, because it is not known why they were
> installed. So the presence of a new file or flag has to signify that
> it was AUTO_INSTALLED, i.e. the other way around than originally
> suggested.

I don't believe this is actually an issue. The PEP 376 installation
format is markedly different from any existing installation format, so
any tool dealing with installed packages will already have to know
whether it's dealing with a PEP 376 install or a legacy install. Only
PEP 376 installs could be considered orphaned.

I don't have a problem with AUTO_INSTALLED, but more people seem to have
favored REQUESTED thus far.

Carl
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