[Distutils] PEP 440 and direct references

[Nick Coghlan]

On 26 Jun 2013 19:36, "Vinay Sajip" <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> > Hmm, you're right. So maybe it makes sense to declare that rather than
be
> > a particular kind of clause, a direct reference is instead an
alternative
> > to the entire version specifier system. That way it wouldn't allow
> > composition with other clauses at all.
>
> That seems fitting. Can I also suggest that "from" is better than "is",
> though of course it's a little longer to type? I think it reads better
when
> it says "dist (from URL)".

Oh, I like it. Nice :)

Cheers,
Nick.

>
> > I'll update the PEP accordingly (not sure exactly when, though).
>
> Okay, I'll proceed with distlib along the lines we've discussed here.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vinay Sajip
>
>
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