[Python-Dev] Proposing PEP 345 : Metadata for Python Software Packages 1.2

[Tres Seaver]

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Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 12/27/2009 7:48 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote:
>> Tarek Ziadé<ziade.tarek<at>  gmail.com>  writes:
>>> This was ambiguous because it was unclear, as MvL stated,  if "2.5"
>>> was just "2.5.0" or included
>>> versions like "2.5.1" or "2.5.2".
>> How about having "2.5" match all 2.5.x versions, and "2.5.0" match only 2.5
>> itself? (ditto for "2.5.N" matching only 2.5.N for N>= 1)
> 
> If the first x.y release were called x.y.0, (does not sys.version 
> include 0?) then x.y would unambiguously mean the series.

This syntax is not just for the 'Requires-Python:' field, but also for
the 'Requires-Dist:' and 'Obsoletes-Dist:' fields:  not all third-party
packages call the first release of a given series .0.


Tres.
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