[Python-Dev] PEP 396, Module Version Numbers

[Nick Coghlan]

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Glenn Linderman <v+python at g.nevcal.com> wrote:
> On 4/6/2011 11:53 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> They all use distutils (or setuptools or distutils2) though, which is
> what packaging replaces.
>
> (Sorry for not making that clear - it's easy to forget which aspects
> of these issues aren't common knowledge as yet)
>
> I knew that packaging replaced those others, but was unaware that those were
> the only two methods used on PyPI.  Not that I'd heard of or experienced any
> others from that source, but there are many packages there.

I believe it is possible to get stuff up onto PyPI without actually
using one of the various packaging utilities, but such entries
generally won't play well with others (including automated tools like
pip and cheesecake).

Cheers,
Nick.

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