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should package_versions_from_directory return local or unix paths?
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Description
In the fixing of #24 the question came up as to what kind of paths that function should return. I'm leaving this issue here to mark this as something needing to be decided.
@karenetheridge's input so far:
(ether) it's probably undefined (yay)
(ether) we should just figure out which way makes sense and document it
(ether) ->provides should return canonical (unixified) I think, since one of its usecases is to be stuffed into distribution metadata
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Research direction
Start by locating package_versions_from_directory and examining the callers that consume its paths. Resolve whether the function should return local or canonical Unix paths, then document the chosen contract and verify the expected path form in relevant tests or examples.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- perl
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100