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

[Chris Angelico]

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Oleg Broytman <phd at phdru.name> wrote:
>> 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'

Plus, you can stick anything you like into a requirements.txt and
simply 'pip install -r requirements.txt'. That's a safe option - not
least since it lets you manage your dependencies in source control.

ChrisA