-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jim Fulton wrote: > On May 31, 2007, at 10:58 AM, Tres Seaver wrote: >> I'd rather have the dot, e.g. "foo 2.* >= 2.5", just for clarity: >> >> - It makes the intent clearer (that you want any version in the >> "two dot" release line). >> >> - It disambiguates the case where the version number might have >> double digits (e.g, '0.1' vs. '0.10'). > > This depends on how the * is interpreted. setuptools already treats > dots as optional in many cases and this would be one more. I also > prefer the last syntax I suggested without the "*". So, the example > would become: > > "foo 2, >=2.5"
That seems like an empty set to me. > (I forgot commas in my earlier examples.) > > Without the *, I think there is less of tendency to interpret the > specification as a glob. > > >> Another feature I'm not sure is already in setuptools: >> >> - I *don't* want dev releases to replace production ones >> implicitly: no package should be able to install a non-released >> version without explicit callout. If this isn't already the >> default behavior, then I'd like syntax for spelling it. > > What do you mean by a "dev" release? Any release tagged as "alpha", "beta", "rc", "pre", or with an SVN revision. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGXuZs+gerLs4ltQ4RAgrgAKCkXrIkwHzegujOnobtd9T3TzwO0ACfWXNY NZLXDYZDyk7ADYy/2kKllUE= =W5nx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Zope3-dev mailing list Zope3-dev@zope.org Unsub: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/options/zope3-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com