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On 05/12/2016 09:57 AM, Igor Yozhikov wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> 
> According to proposed changes in G-R
> (https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/newton-global-requirements)  related
> to ranges/bounds I want to clarify situation for Linux packagers.
> 
> Very often packages for requirements mentioned in requirements.txt or
> global-requirements  file are built using code versions set in lower
> bounds. Usage of broader range for requirements will lead to complex
> calculations of minimum version of requirement which will satisfy all of
> projects which are using it. From perspective of packaging - must be
> only one installed version of requirement in a system.
> 
> To avoid this complexity and provide co-installability, upper
> constraints could be used as the source of minimal version for
> requirements in system package.
> 

Hi, Gentoo packager here :D

The basic gist of it is that g-r.txt is what's expected to work and
u-c.txt is what's tested to work.  There have been specs out there to
test a lower-contraints.txt file but I haven't seen it go anywhere quite
yet.

-- 
-- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)

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