[Zope3-dev] Re: A thought on backward compatibility and minimum versions

[Jim Fulton]

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"

(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?

Jim

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