packaging

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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.

Documentation

The documentation_ provides information and the API for the following:

Version Handling
Specifiers
Markers
Requirements
Tags
Utilities

Installation

Use pip to install these utilities::

pip install packaging

The packaging library uses calendar-based versioning (YY.N).

Discussion

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

Code of Conduct

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

Contributing

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/

Project History

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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