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Pluggable Distributions of Python Software
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Distributions
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A "Distribution" is a collection of files that represent a "Release" of a
"Project" as of a particular point in time, denoted by a
"Version"::
>>> import sys, pkg_resources
>>> from pkg_resources import Distribution
>>> Distribution(project_name="Foo", version="1.2")
Foo 1.2
Distributions have a location, which can be a filename, URL, or really anything
else you care to use::
>>> dist = Distribution(
... location="http://example.com/something",
... project_name="Bar", version="0.9"
... )
>>> dist
Bar 0.9 (http://example.com/something)
Distributions have various introspectable attributes::
>>> dist.location
'http://example.com/something'
>>> dist.project_name
'Bar'
>>> dist.version
'0.9'
>>> dist.py_version == '{}.{}'.format(*sys.version_info)
True
>>> print(dist.platform)
None
Including various computed attributes::
>>> from pkg_resources import parse_version
>>> dist.parsed_version == parse_version(dist.version)
True
>>> dist.key # case-insensitive form of the project name
'bar'
Distributions are compared (and hashed) by version first::
>>> Distribution(version='1.0') == Distribution(version='1.0')
True
>>> Distribution(version='1.0') == Distribution(version='1.1')
False
>>> Distribution(version='1.0') < Distribution(version='1.1')
True
but also by project name (case-insensitive), platform, Python version,
location, etc.::
>>> Distribution(project_name="Foo",version="1.0") == \
... Distribution(project_name="Foo",version="1.0")
True
>>> Distribution(project_name="Foo",version="1.0") == \
... Distribution(project_name="foo",version="1.0")
True
>>> Distribution(project_name="Foo",version="1.0") == \
... Distribution(project_name="Foo",version="1.1")
False
>>> Distribution(project_name="Foo",py_version="2.3",version="1.0") == \
... Distribution(project_name="Foo",py_version="2.4",version="1.0")
False
>>> Distribution(location="spam",version="1.0") == \
... Distribution(location="spam",version="1.0")
True
>>> Distribution(location="spam",version="1.0") == \
... Distribution(location="baz",version="1.0")
False
Hash and compare distribution by prio/plat
Get version from metadata
provider capabilities
egg_name()
as_requirement()