On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 01:41:55PM -0800, Sridhar Ratnakumar wrote: > From https://bitbucket.org/ametaireau/python-peps/src/tip/pep-0345.txt > > """ > Provides-Release (multiple use) > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > [...] > A release may also provide a "virtual" project name, which does > not correspond to any separately-distributed project: such a name > might be used to indicate an abstract capability which could be supplied > by one of multiple projects. E.g., multiple projects might supply > RDBMS bindings for use by a given ORM: each project might declare > that it provides ``ORM-bindings``, allowing other projects to depend > only on having at most one of them installed. > """
Perhaps it was supposed to say "depend only on having at *least* one of
them installed"?
That would be how Debian's virtual packages work, for example.
Marius Gedminas
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