[Python-Dev] Proposing PEP 345 : Metadata for Python Software Packages 1.2

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Tarek Ziadé wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>> Tarek Ziadé <ziade.tarek <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>> This was ambiguous because it was unclear, as MvL stated,  if "2.5"
>>> was just "2.5.0" or included
>>> versions like "2.5.1" or "2.5.2".
>> How about having "2.5" match all 2.5.x versions, and "2.5.0" match only 2.5
>> itself? (ditto for "2.5.N" matching only 2.5.N for N >= 1)
>>
>> This "~=" operator looks murkier than it needs to be IMO.
> 
> An implicit range operator is simpler indeed, and achieves the same goal.
> 
> Meaning that "<=2.5" for example, will be translated to "<=2.5.x" as well.

So that "2.5.4<=2.5", "2.5<=2.5.2", but not "2.5.4<=2.5.2" (i.e. A<=B,
B<=C, but not A<=C)?

I find that strange.

Regards,
Martin