From 42b4a722d411d056781e52f6ca30c666df1f2e90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Coghlan Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 15:48:17 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Note provisional status of PEP 440 --- pep-0440.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/pep-0440.txt b/pep-0440.txt index e1d7259a4..f4c4b4ba1 100644 --- a/pep-0440.txt +++ b/pep-0440.txt @@ -27,6 +27,23 @@ This document addresses several limitations of the previous attempt at a standardized approach to versioning, as described in PEP 345 and PEP 386. +Provisional status of this specification +======================================== + +The version representation and comparison scheme described in this PEP is +currently accepted on a provisional basis, as described in PEP 411. + +This status is based on feedback received on the initial releases of pip 6.0, +and setuptools 8.0, which revealed some issues in the specification that +had not been identified prior to acceptance. These issues will be addressed +within PEP 440 itself, rather than introducing an entirely new PEP to cover +relatively minor changes to a standard that has only just begun to be adopted. + +A future update proposal for PEP 1 will aim to make this Provisional phase +for the initial release of the reference implementations a formal part of +the PEP process that can be accurately tracked in the PEP metadata. + + Definitions ===========