[Python-ideas] Support 1.x notation in version specifiers

[Oleg Broytman]

Hi!

On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 09:48:42AM +0200, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
> pip team said they won't support setting limit for major version
> of package being installed in the way below until it is supported
> by PEP 440.
> 
>     pip install patch==1.x

   This syntax (1.x) is even less intuitive for me.

> The current way ==1.* conflicts with system shell expansion

   Other comparison operators (< and >) conflict with shell redirection.
And nobody cares because one can always quote shell metacharacters.

    pip install patch==1.\*
    pip install patch=='1.*'
    pip install 'patch==1.*'
    pip install 'patch>=1,<2'

> and the other way is not known / not intuitive.
> 
> https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/2737#issuecomment-97621684
> -- 
> anatoly t.

Oleg.
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