[Distutils] PEP440: >1.7 vs >=1.7

[Ian Cordasco]

On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Marcus Smith <qwcode at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I'm starting a new thread to state cleanly what my current question/concern
> is...
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> per PEP440 as I understand it:
> - for ">1.7", "1.7" means roughly the "1.7 series" or "1.7*"

You mean "1.7.*" right? Because 1.70 would satisfy >1.7

> - for ">=1.7", "1.7" means literally "1.7" (with zero-padding as needed)
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> While I understand the motivation for the "series" conception of 1.7 to deal
> with  prereleases, the resulting inconsistency in meaning for "1.7" is what
> concerns me.  It's odd .  Can someone make it not seem odd for "1.7 to
> change meanings just because you switch between >= and >?
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> And for anyone who wants to say that "1.7" also means the "1.7 series" for
>>=, note that 1.7 prereleases do not satisfy >=1.7
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> Would a solution be to make >= also use the series concept?, i.e. make
> pre-releases satisfy >=1.7
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> Marcus
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