[Python-Dev] PEP 425 comment: package names

[Daniel Holth]

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:23 PM,  <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
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> Zitat von Daniel Holth <dholth at gmail.com>:
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>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 2:36 PM,  <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> ISTM that some important information and some elaboration is missing from
>>> PEP 425.
>>>
>>> The PEP is currently silent on how exactly these "compatibility tags" are
>>> combined
>>> with the package name, and the file extension. This should be specified,
>>> and
>>> preferably
>>> some examples be given.
>>
>>
>> Wheel specifies how it uses the tags. You have to strip the known
>> extension from the filename.
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>
> Hmm. The word "extension" doesn't even appear in connection with
> file names in the PEP (only in relation to "C extensions").
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> Does the PEP, or does it not, specify that a dash must be used between
> the package-name-and-version? Neither the words "hyphen" nor "dash"
> appear in the PEP, except that hyphens are used inside the tag, and that
> hyphens and dots in get_platform() results are replaced.

The pep was only meant to specify the tag format which is a-b-c or
a.z-b-c , and some typical values of those tags. I agree that it is
confusing not to include an example of a tag being used in the context
of an actual file name.