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

[Wichert Akkerman]

Previously Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Stephan Richter wrote:
> [snip]
> > 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?

-1 still

If I install a package I want to have a guarantee all aspects of that
package work correctly. With this compromise that is not possible.

Wichert.

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