Should You Use Upper Bound Version Constraints? (via) Should you pin your library's dependencies using "click>=7,<8"
or "click~=7.0"
? Henry Schreiner's short answer is no, and his long answer is an exhaustive essay covering every conceivable aspect of this thorny Python packaging problem.
Recent articles
- I think "agent" may finally have a widely enough agreed upon definition to be useful jargon now - 18th September 2025
- My review of Claude's new Code Interpreter, released under a very confusing name - 9th September 2025
- Recreating the Apollo AI adoption rate chart with GPT-5, Python and Pyodide - 9th September 2025