* Raphael Hertzog ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [060620 01:02]: > On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > I only know two reasons for those headers: > > > - python-central use them for its internal work > > > - it may help track a transition and discover which packages need to be > > > updated > > > > > > BTW, the syntax of the Python-Version field comes directly from > > > python-central and it has not been discussed if the current syntax is the > > > best needed to achieve the second point. > > > > Obviously, nobody hit by the second purpose (which includes me) has any > > issue with the current syntax. Otherwise, I would have said something. > > You expressed concerns on the syntax on IRC. Because the "," means "or" in > somes > cases like "2.1, 2.2" and it means "and" in some other cases ">= 2.2, << 2.5".
This was never a concern about the usability for the second purpose. > Also if the field describes the list of python versions that the package > can work with, then the "current" value has no meaning... current exists > only to let the maintainer build only for the current python version. > Which is orthogonal to the meaning of the field. current means something and IMHO it's at the right place. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
