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Core utilities for Python packages

About packaging

Core utilities for Python packages

Key Features

  • PEP 440 version parsing and comparison utilities
  • Requirement and version specifier parsing
  • Wheel and interpreter compatibility tag helpers
  • Canonical package name normalization utilities

Installation

uv add packaging

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Quick Info

Latest Version
26.0
First Release
2014
License
Unknown

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