[Python-Dev] Fwd: PEP 426 is now the draft spec fordistribution metadata 2.0

[a.cavallo at cavallinux.eu]

> I've never seen environment markers being used or supported
> in the wild.
> 
> I'm not against modernizing the format, but given that version 1.2
> has been out for around 8 years now, without much following,
> I think we need to make the implementation bit a requirement
> before accepting the PEP.

Elephant in the room? Somethin's been around for so long and hasn't got any sort of 
mainstream support is *not* a good candidate for a requirement but maybe it's me
being naive.