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

[Michael Howitz]

Am 16.03.2009 um 15:49 schrieb Benji York:
[...]
> I don't like version requirements in setup.py because they assume too
> much about how people are using the package.
>
> Lets say that someone adds two bug fixes to zope.foo (call them fix A
> and fix B) and then does a release.  Fix A requires zope.bar >= 1.5  
> and
> fix B doesn't.  If I want to benefit from fix B in my app (and don't  
> use
> the feature fix A repaired), then I shouldn't be forced to upgrade
> zope.bar.

+1 in principal, but this thread arose from adding a minimum version  
because the package failed with an ImportError in its main __init__.py

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