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Design a higher-level API for `packaging.tags`

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enhancement packaging.tags
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Python
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Description

Discussions as a part of https://github.com/pypa/packaging/issues/578 showed a desire for a higher-level API for packaging.tags. This issue is to discuss what people want and what the API could then look like.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading issue #578 and the existing packaging.tags API. This issue is for discussing desired use cases and shaping a higher-level API, so the work is done only when the requirements and design have been agreed before implementation begins.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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