On Jul 24, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Lars Immisch wrote: > Hi, > >> Obviously, we are having a debate about what forms distribution >> names can take. I think we need a decision. > > Thanks for bringing this up. > >> Does anyone know if there are existing rules for distribution >> names? I can't find them if there are. Up until now, I think >> we've been in somewhat of a prototyping mode, but I think it's >> time to move beyond that. >> I strongly suggest that we need an official specification that says: >> - what's a legal distribution name and >> - what the equivalence rules for distribution names are. > > Comparison rules are also important: > > Is artin-1.2-rc2 < artin-1.2?
Note that these are not distribution names. Well, that depends on how you define "distribution names". Sigh. The dsitribution names I'm trying to talk about don't have version numbers. I don't see a particular reason why these distribution names have to be ordered, Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list Catalog-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
