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

Martijn Faassen faassen at startifact.com
Mon Mar 16 11:56:49 EDT 2009


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?

Regards,

Martijn



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