PEP262 - database of installed packages

[Trent Mick]

[A.M. Kuchling wrote]
> In article <mailman.1017164505.29287.python-list at python.org>, 
> 	David Ascher wrote:
> > PPM bdist target works which we're looking at replacing soon.  PPM3 (for
> > Perl only so far) is a major rewrite of PPM which added a bunch of cool
> > features.  For info on that, see: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/PPM.
> 
> Is the PPD format changing in PPM3 at all?  

Yes, a couple of tags were added under the <IMPLEMENTATION> tag to enable a
PPD to decribe (1) what language it is suitable for (in our current usage,
Perl or Python) and (2) what range of versions of that language interpreter
it will work for.

Trent


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