Re: PEP 314 - requirements for Python itself

2006-06-23 Thread Serge Orlov
On 6/23/06, Mark Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was thinking more about things where people can search for packages > that need different versions of python, etc.; not so much for > automation. OK, now I see why you need it. I'm sure using virtual package name "python" to declare python

Fwd: PEP 314 - requirements for Python itself

2006-06-23 Thread Mark Nottingham
I was thinking more about things where people can search for packages that need different versions of python, etc.; not so much for automation. On 2006/06/23, at 6:05 PM, Serge Orlov wrote: > On 6/23/06, Mark Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I was looking for some normal (hopefully, m

Re: PEP 314 - requirements for Python itself

2006-06-23 Thread Serge Orlov
On 6/23/06, Mark Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was looking for some normal (hopefully, machine-readable) way to > indicate it so that people can figure out the version of Python > required before they download the package. I'm sure writing English text like "make sure you have python 2

Re: PEP 314 - requirements for Python itself

2006-06-23 Thread Mark Nottingham
Yep, I'm doing that (thanks!). I was looking for some normal (hopefully, machine-readable) way to indicate it so that people can figure out the version of Python required before they download the package. On 2006/06/23, at 11:04 AM, Serge Orlov wrote: > On 6/23/06, Mark Nottingham <[EMAIL P

Re: PEP 314 - requirements for Python itself

2006-06-23 Thread Serge Orlov
On 6/23/06, Mark Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PEP 314 introduces metadata that explains what packages are required > by a particular package. Is there any way to express what version of > Python itself is required? No, but you can do it yourself: # do not edit this file, edit actualset

PEP 314 - requirements for Python itself

2006-06-23 Thread Mark Nottingham
PEP 314 introduces metadata that explains what packages are required by a particular package. Is there any way to express what version of Python itself is required? Cheers, -- Mark Nottingham http://www.mnot.net/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list