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Reusable core utilities for various Python Packaging
interoperability specifications <https://packaging.python.org/specifications/>_.
This library provides utilities that implement the interoperability
specifications which have clearly one correct behaviour (eg: :pep:440)
or benefit greatly from having a single shared implementation (eg: :pep:425).
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The packaging project includes the following: version handling, specifiers,
markers, requirements, tags, utilities.
The documentation_ provides information and the API for the following:
Use pip to install these utilities::
pip install packaging
The packaging library uses calendar-based versioning (YY.N).
If you run into bugs, you can file them in our issue tracker_.
You can also join #pypa on Freenode to ask questions or get involved.
.. _documentation: https://packaging.pypa.io/
.. _issue tracker: https://github.com/pypa/packaging/issues
Everyone interacting in the packaging project's codebases, issue trackers, chat
rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the PSF Code of Conduct_.
.. _PSF Code of Conduct: https://github.com/pypa/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
The CONTRIBUTING.rst file outlines how to contribute to this project as
well as how to report a potential security issue. The documentation for this
project also covers information about project development_ and security_.
.. _project development: https://packaging.pypa.io/en/latest/development/
.. _security: https://packaging.pypa.io/en/latest/security/
Please review the CHANGELOG.rst file or the Changelog documentation_ for
recent changes and project history.
.. _Changelog documentation: https://packaging.pypa.io/en/latest/changelog/
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Core utilities for Python packages
We found that packaging demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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