Hi, >>> Obviously, we are having a debate about what forms distribution >>> names can take. I think we need a decision. >> >> Thanks for bringing this up. >> >>> Does anyone know if there are existing rules for distribution >>> names? I can't find them if there are. Up until now, I think we've >>> been in somewhat of a prototyping mode, but I think it's time to >>> move beyond that. >>> I strongly suggest that we need an official specification that says: >>> - what's a legal distribution name and >>> - what the equivalence rules for distribution names are. >> >> Comparison rules are also important: >> >> Is artin-1.2-rc2 < artin-1.2? > > Note that these are not distribution names. Well, that depends on how > you define "distribution names". Sigh. The dsitribution names I'm > trying to talk about don't have version numbers. I don't see a > particular reason why these distribution names have to be ordered,
I see. Sorry for the drive-by-shooting. Still, I'd like a stated convention how version numbers are compared. I believe this would be good for setuptools also. But the issue is separable from project naming conventions. - Lars _______________________________________________ Catalog-SIG mailing list Catalog-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig
