On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Marcus Smith <qwc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The setuptools.package_index API, however, *does* support parsing >> sdist names, it's just that it generates a *list* of possibilities, > > > oh, ok, "setuptools.package_index.distros_for_url" > >> >> Thus, tools using this API can contextually decide which to consider >> the "real" interpretation, based on context. This method is used by >> easy_install; I don't know if pip does as well. > > > how will context decide between the version being "dev" or "xdist-dev"?
By whether you asked to install "pytest-xdist" or "pytest", and by whether "dev" or "xdist-dev" match your version requirements. In practice this tends to only be a problem if you are: 1. Installing the two packages during the same run, and 2. Aren't using version specifiers. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
