Hi John, > What is expected to be the standard way to do this in the near future?
PEP-345 says: > Requires-Dist: pywin32 (>1.0); sys.platform == 'win32' > Obsoletes-Dist: pywin31; sys.platform == 'win32' > Requires-Dist: foo (1,!=1.3); os.machine == 'i386' > Requires-Dist: bar; python_version == '2.4' or python_version == '2.5' > Requires-External: libxslt; 'linux' in sys.platform To me that's really confusing. Especially as a windows user. > os.machine == 'i386' Haven't seen a '386 for over ten years.. Intel have standardised to calling everything 'Pentium' pretty much since at least 2000. imho 'win32' is a really confusing term. That implies that it won't work on 64bit. When in fact it mostly will. > What is currently the preferred way to specify .. I would much prefer to see: > Requires-Dist[windows]: pywin32 (>1.0) or: > Requires-Dist[linux]: pyodbc (>1.0) or: > Requires-Dist[mac]: pyodbc (>1.0) or: > Requires-Dist[mac linux]: pyodbc (>1.0) as platform markers. It doesn't require a big change to the PEP. And it is actually simpler to implement I would expect. > Also, is it better to specify that your distribution depends upon some > other *distribution*, or some other *packages/modules*? I think that means the same thing. I really hope these guys can make it no more complex than it needs to be. Then we will all be happy. David _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
