@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ package
9898Python-specific package manager
9999 A tool for installing, upgrading, and/or removing Python packages
100100 in a manner that conforms to Python packaging standards (such as
101- PEP 376[ #PEP-376 ]_ and PEP 427 [ #PEP-427 ]_ ). The most popular
102- Python-specific package manager is pip [#pip ]_; other examples
103- include the old Easy Install command [#easy-install ]_ as well as
104- direct usage of a ``setup.py `` command.
101+ PEP 376 and PEP 427). The most popular Python-specific package
102+ manager is pip [#pip ]_; other examples include the old Easy
103+ Install command [#easy-install ]_ as well as direct usage of a
104+ ``setup.py `` command.
105105
106106 (Conda [#conda ]_ is a bit of a special case, as the ``conda ``
107107 command can install much more than just Python packages, making it
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ distro package manager
114114 packages in an installed instance of that distro, which is capable
115115 of installing Python packages as well as non-Python packages, and
116116 therefore generally has its own database of installed software
117- unrelated to PEP 376 [#PEP-376] . Examples include ``apt ``,
118- ``dpkg ``, `` dnf ``, `` rpm ``, ``pacman ``, and ``brew ``. The salient
119- feature is that if a package was installed by a distro package
120- manager, removing or upgrading it in a way that would satisfy a
121- Python-specific package manager will generally leave a distro
122- package manager in an inconsistent state.
117+ unrelated to PEP 376. Examples include ``apt ``, `` dpkg ``, `` dnf ``,
118+ ``rpm ``, ``pacman ``, and ``brew ``. The salient feature is that if
119+ a package was installed by a distro package manager, removing or
120+ upgrading it in a way that would satisfy a Python-specific package
121+ manager will generally leave a distro package manager in an
122+ inconsistent state.
123123
124124 This document also uses phrases like "external package manager" or
125125 "system's package manager" to refer to a distro package manager in
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ non-virtual-environment installs in any Python installation, but that
886886is outside the scope of this PEP.)
887887
888888Should the file be TOML? TOML is gaining popularity for packaging (see
889- e.g. PEP- 517) but does not yet have an implementation in the standard
889+ e.g. PEP
890890library. Strictly speaking, this isn't a blocker - distros need only
891891write the file, not read it, so they don't need a TOML library (the
892892file will probably be written by hand, regardless of format), and
@@ -1078,12 +1078,6 @@ discussion thread `Playing nice with external package managers`_.
10781078
10791079.. _`Playing nice with external package managers` :https://discuss.python.org/t/playing-nice-with-external-package-managers/1968
10801080
1081- .. [#PEP-376 ]PEP 376, Database of Installed Python Distributions, Ziadé
1082- (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0376)
1083-
1084- #PEP-427 ]PEP 427, The Wheel Binary Package Format 1.0, Holth
1085- (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0427)
1086-
10871081.. [#pip ]https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/
10881082
10891083#easy-install ]https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deprecated/easy_install.html