[Distutils] PEP 440 and direct references
Vinay Sajip
vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk
Wed Jun 26 11:35:57 CEST 2013
Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Hmm, you're right. So maybe it makes sense to declare that rather than be
> a particular kind of clause, a direct reference is instead an alternative
> to the entire version specifier system. That way it wouldn't allow
> composition with other clauses at all.
That seems fitting. Can I also suggest that "from" is better than "is",
though of course it's a little longer to type? I think it reads better when
it says "dist (from URL)".
> I'll update the PEP accordingly (not sure exactly when, though).
Okay, I'll proceed with distlib along the lines we've discussed here.
Regards,
Vinay Sajip
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