On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote: [..] > I like the idea of Requires-Python, but only because I don't see why Python > can't just be specified in the equivalent of setuptools' install_requires > and its ilk. > > Why can't python just be treated as another package on while a package my > have a particular version dependency?
But it turns it into a chicken and egg problem: what happens if your add "python>3" in "Requires-Dist" (the equivalent of install_requires) ? Pip or easy_install is going to look for Python 3, and install it ? then install itself in Python 3 and relaunch itself ? I think Python is not to be treated as a package dependency, but as a specific pre-request that has to be met for your application to run. That's why it has to be specified separately from Requires-Dist. Tarek _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
