On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 18:04, Eric V. Smith <e...@trueblade.com> wrote: >> Anyway, the question now for me is whether this is worth any more of my time. >> >> So: >> - Is there someone willing to sponsor? >> - Do folks generally think there's a chance of it being accepted without a >> huge debate and expansion of scope. >> >> I think that before these can be answered, you need to decide why this needs >> to be standardized. I don't see any reason to standardize it unless there's >> some programmatic use for these version strings. If it's just the user >> poking around on the REPL, then I think the status quo is fine. I've read >> the PEP, and the User Stories section talks about user convenience, not >> programmatic access. > > I also think the distribution version is more useful than any __version__ > information in each module/package. I realize this information might not be > available, depending on how the code was installed (say, just by copying some > files into the right place).
Agreed. The original PEP was very limited, just proposing a string value for user convenience, with no programmatic interface. Doing anything more than that is opening up a whole load of complexity and compatibility (with packaging) that no-one has expressed any need for. The distribution version (exposed via importlib.metadata) is the correct thing to use for anything programmatic. Paul PS I see Barry plans on rejecting the PEP, which I think is probably the right decision, given the way this thread has developed. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/MQIFSJYQYCY4YBHVECJ7H2WR443EE32W/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
