[Python-Dev] My summit notes (packaging)

[Tarek Ziadé]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Kevin Teague <kevin at bud.ca> wrote:

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> Tarek, was there any further discussion on "Requires" vs "install_requires"
> or any decisions made on what to do about this?
>
> (I've got a +1 ready for including 'install_requires' in the standard
> package metadata and marking 'Requires' as deprecated if that was put forth
> :P)

Yes that is what we were thinking of doing. (deprectating Requires and
Provides and and install_requires)

We are working on it. We'll try to organize our work in the wiki in
the comng days, so people can participate.

Regards
Tarek