[Python-checkins] peps: pep-0425 edits
daniel.holth
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Sep 16 23:50:30 CEST 2012
http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/6475aa6bc3b9
changeset: 4513:6475aa6bc3b9
user: Daniel Holth <dholth at fastmail.fm>
date: Sun Sep 16 17:50:23 2012 -0400
summary:
pep-0425 edits
files:
pep-0425.txt | 11 ++++++-----
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pep-0425.txt b/pep-0425.txt
--- a/pep-0425.txt
+++ b/pep-0425.txt
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@
Python Tag
----------
-The Python tag indicates both the implementation and the language version
-required by a distribution. Major implementations have abbreviated
-codes, initially:
+The Python tag indicates the implementation and version required by
+a distribution. Major implementations have abbreviated codes, initially:
* py: Generic Python (does not require implementation-specific features)
* cp: CPython
@@ -82,8 +81,10 @@
Other Python implementations should use `sys.implementation.name`.
-The language version is `py_version_nodot`. CPython gets away with no dot,
-but if one is needed the underscore `_` is used instead.
+The version is `py_version_nodot`. CPython gets away with no dot, but
+if one is needed the underscore `_` is used instead. Pypy uses versions that
+do not track the Python language version and should probably use its own
+versions here `pp18`, `pp19`.
The version can be just the major version `2` or `3` `py2`, `py3` for
many pure-Python distributions.
--
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/peps
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