[Distutils] Link to lib missing in PEP: FINAL DRAFT: Dependency specifier PEP

[Thomas Güttler]

Am 17.11.2015 um 13:48 schrieb Donald Stufft:
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>> On Nov 17, 2015, at 6:33 AM, Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com <mailto:njs at pobox.com>> wrote:
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>> On Nov 16, 2015 11:57 PM, "Thomas Güttler" <guettliml at thomas-guettler.de <mailto:guettliml at thomas-guettler.de>> wrote:
>> >
>> > > The job of a dependency is to enable tools like pip [#pip]_ to find the right
>> > > package to install.
>> >
>> > My worries: AFAIK pip is not a library.
>> >
>> > I don't want to re-implement code to handle this pep.
>> >
>> > I would like to re-use.
>> >
>> > But AFAIK pip is not a library.
>> >
>> > I am stupid and don't know how to proceed.
>> >
>> > Please tell me what to do.
>>
>> Presumably there will be a dependency parser added to the 'packaging' library, which already exists as a standard
>> place to stick stuff like this, so you'll just use that. (E.g. it's what pip uses for PEP 440 version parsing today.)
>>
>> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/packaging

Nice, a re-usable library :-)

Since I don't see a reason for two implementations, I think the PEP should
provide a link to the implementation.

Regards,
   Thomas Güttler

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