On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Ben Finney < bignose+hates-s...@benfinney.id.au <bignose%2bhates-s...@benfinney.id.au>>wrote:
> "Martin v. Löwis" <mar...@v.loewis.de> writes: > > > I don't mind the setuptools implementation being used as a basis > > (assuming it gets contributed), but *independently* I think a > > specfication is needed what version strings it actually understands. > > Such specification must precede the actual implementation (in > > distutils). > > Yes, please. The comparison of version strings needs to be easily done > by non-Python programs (e.g. tools for packaging Python > distributions), so a specification that can be implemented in other > languages or environments is a must. There's a specification in http://wiki.python.org/moin/ApplicationInfrastructure , see "Version API" below (at least, it's a start).
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