The allmydata.org "Tahoe" project does something similar in a non- machine-readable way. We specify a minimum version if one is known, and we also mention specific versions that have been tested and are known to work:
http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/README The fact that this kind of practice is common suggests that a machine- readable implementation of it might be useful. Regards, Zooko _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
