[Distutils] PyPI classifier for standard library modules/backports?

[Vinay Sajip]

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On Thu, 2/1/14, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

>> "Progamming Language :: Python :: Python2and3"
>> or some such.
 
> How is that any better than specifying the Python
> 2 classifier and the Python 3 one? One should specify every
> individual version of Python that a project is supposed to
> be compatible with anyway so I don't see the benefit of
> knowing through a classifier if 2to3 is needed or
> not.

At the moment, if a classifier indicates that a distribution is both 2 and 3 compatible, there is no declarative way to indicate whether or not 2to3 is to be run - only via a setuptools.setup argument. I'm not hung up on whether a classifier is used, but I think there should be *some* declarative mechanism. A classifier has the advantage that it could be applied to a specific release in the index without changing its code.

Regards,

Vinay Sajip