On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 05:53:32PM +0000, Brett Cannon wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 at 06:48 John Whitlock <john-whitl...@ieee.org> wrote: > > > A discussion about the Python language classifiers came up in a pull > > request [1], and I couldn't find a definite answer. The question is - > > should a packager specify the major Python versions, minor Python versions, > > or both? > > > > The Python Packaging User Guide's example [2] has both: > > > > # Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure > > # that you indicate whether you support Python 2, Python 3 or both. > > 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2', > > 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6', > > 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7', > > 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3', > > 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2', > > 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3', > > 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4', > > > > In the example, 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2' is a major version, > > and 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7' is a minor version. > > > > pyroma [3], which I use as a packaging linter, has insisted on both the > > major and minor versions since the first release in 2011 [4]. > > > > These were added in 2008, but the announcement on this mailing list didn't > > include guidance on usage [5]. I can't find any guidance in PEPs either. > > > > You should at least do the major versions, and if you are up for > maintaining them, then do the minor ones as well. > > You want the major ones to tell people whether you even support Python 3 or > not. Various tools like caniusepython3 rely on at least the major version > classifier existing to programmatically know about Python 3 support.
Are these tools unable to realize that supporting a particular minor version implies support for the corresponding major version? Marius Gedminas -- HOST SYSTEM RESPONDING, PROBABLY UP...
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