On Jul 24, 2007, at 2:11 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, > > I see. Sorry for the drive-by-shooting.
np > Still, I'd like a stated convention how version numbers are > compared. I believe this would be good for setuptools also. setuptools has this. It would be nice bless it in a PEP. > But the issue is separable from project naming conventions. Yup. 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
