On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 10:41:03AM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 4:50 AM, Corentin Chary <corentin.ch...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I have a feature request for distutil-ng (or maybe it's already > > possible but I don't know how). > > > > I have a package that depends on python-dateutil:python-2 for > > python2_x and python-dateutil:python-3 for python3_x. > > Would it be possible to have virtual targets like "python, python2, > > python3, pypi, jithon" ? > > > > One way to implement this would be to have a separate function that > you would call to generate abi-specific dependencies.
Think through the performance implications of that, and the fact that moves control/decisions outside of the PM resolvers purview. If it's use controlled and is part of metadata, sure, but anything else? Not so much. :) ~harring
