[Zope-dev] setting missing minimum version in setup.py

Gary Poster gary.poster at gmail.com
Mon Mar 16 12:13:18 EDT 2009


On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Dan Korostelev wrote:

> 2009/3/16 Martijn Faassen <faassen at startifact.com>:
>>> There is a compromise I am willing to take. If package zope.bar  
>>> depends on a
>>> *new feature* or *feature change* in zope.foo 1.3.x, then it  
>>> should specify
>>> the version. In other words specifying open restrictions on the  
>>> major version
>>> levels is okay, but never on the bug fix level. (I just hope this  
>>> does not
>>> bite us later. ;-)
>>
>> Yes, I was thinking in this direction too. I can see this as more  
>> of an
>> issue with bug fixes than with feature changes. This means that
>> requirements can only say zope.foo >= x.y, and never zope.foo >=  
>> x.y.z.
>>
>> What do people think?
>
> That looks sane, so I'm +1 :)

Also +1

Gary



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