On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:38:49PM +0200, Martijn Faassen wrote: > I understand how the name "install_recommends" could be confusing > terminology
Yes it is
> given the way package managers use the term 'recommended
> packages', which means extra that you could install too to get more
> features. "install_prefers" instead?
>
> An alternative would be to expand the syntax of install_requires and
> extra_require to allow the recommended version number hint. Something
> like this:
>
> install_requires = [
> 'foo (1.2.1)',
> 'bar >= 1.3 (1.3.2)',
> ]
A really human-readable version would be:
install_requires = [
'foo (prefer 1.2.1)',
'bar >= 1.3 (prefer 1.3.2)',
]
Marius Gedminas
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