[Python-Dev] Proposing PEP 345 : Metadata for Python Software Packages 1.2
Larry Hastings
larry at hastings.org
Tue Dec 29 02:26:15 CET 2009
David Lyon wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:07:32 +0000, Michael Foord
> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>> > Requires-Python: 2.5:2.7
>>>
>>> Specifies a range of python versions.
>>>
>> So this would work for Python 2.7 but *not* 2.7.1? Or does 2.7
>> implicitly mean a range of all Python 2.7 versions?
>>
>
> Yes. 2.7 would mean all 2.7 versions. As 2.7.1 is a 2.7 release.
I suggest that this follow the Python syntax for ranges, where the end
is non-inclusive. So "2.5:2.7" would mean "greater than or equal to
2.5, and less than 2.7". Which suggests that "2.5:" could be equivalent
to "2.5+", as well as allowing ":3" to mean "any version less than 3.0".
Cheers,
/larry/
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