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This PR contains three changes: --- [Dependency Specifiers: Don't require whitespace after URL](https://github.com/pypa/packaging.python.org/commit/3ab0328dbd8208c4dae3aad9a5182ef6052a0b3a) otherwise `numpy @ https://example.org/numpy` is not a valid specifier (missing whitespace after the URL). This already what...

component: specifications

We currently don't cover the question of "all inclusive" applications at all, where the whole of the application is bundled up into a single file. While that's beyond the scope...

component: discussions
type: discussion

There are [many approaches](https://github.com/pypa/python-packaging-user-guide/blob/0dcf950850644900af322343fc32025ad8994207/source/single_source_version.rst) offered in the current documentation, but no approach seems to be "recommended" or otherwise suggested as the preferred approach to take. For a new developer looking...

type: question

We know that some docs are out of date. It would be helpful to display an accurate "last edited date" on a page. @pradyunsg Any ideas on how to do...

type: enhancement

> Before you can start installing or using packages in your virtual environment you’ll need to activate it. > While a virtual environment is activated, pip will install packages into...

component: discussions

While reviewing https://github.com/pypa/packaging.python.org/pull/969, I noticed that [making-a-pypi-friendly-readme.rst](https://github.com/pypa/packaging.python.org/blob/main/source/guides/making-a-pypi-friendly-readme.rst) uses `setup.py`, while [packaging-projects.rst](https://github.com/pypa/packaging.python.org/blob/main/source/tutorials/packaging-projects.rst) recommends `setup.cfg`. I think the README guide should be updated to use `setup.cfg`. I think it'd also be nice...

type: enhancement
help wanted

> As a related improvement, we could also show that it's possible to use sparse identifiers with actual whitespaces when quoted. Like `pip ~= 23.1`, or `resolvelib > 0.5, !=...

type: enhancement
good first issue
component: specifications

I have been reading the core metadata specification in the packaging guide and would like to request a clarification on the following section: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/core-metadata/#provides-extra-multiple-use and specifically the following example: ```...

type: enhancement
state: needs clarification
component: specifications

The [Declaring project metadata](https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/declaring-project-metadata/) section of the [Python Packaging User Guide](https://packaging.python.org/) mentions several ways to declare a license for one's application source code. This is a bit confusing. 1. Via...

type: enhancement
good first issue
component: specifications

I wanted to add there links to [extensions.rst](https://github.com/pypa/python-packaging-user-guide/blob/master/source/extensions.rst) page: > There were links here, but @theacodes removed them because they linked to NSFW spam But could not find a good...

good first issue