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Tue Dec 29 02:26:15 CET 2009 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2009-December/094727.html

David Lyon wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:07:32 +0000, Michael Foord
> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
>   
>>>    >  Requires-Python: 2.5:2.7
>>>
>>> Specifies a range of python versions.   
>>>       
>> So this would work for Python 2.7 but *not* 2.7.1? Or does 2.7 
>> implicitly mean a range of all Python 2.7 versions?
>>     
>
> Yes. 2.7 would mean all 2.7 versions. As 2.7.1 is a 2.7 release. 

I suggest that this follow the Python syntax for ranges, where the end 
is non-inclusive.  So "2.5:2.7" would mean "greater than or equal to 
2.5, and less than 2.7".  Which suggests that "2.5:" could be equivalent 
to "2.5+", as well as allowing ":3" to mean "any version less than 3.0".

Cheers,

/larry/

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