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Update docs to explain the "version" component of the egg name.

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Chris Jerdonek 2014-09-24 23:24:50 -07:00 committed by Donald Stufft
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@ -156,8 +156,11 @@ the :ref:`--editable <install_--editable>` option) or not.
* For non-editable installs, the project is built locally in a temp dir and then
installed normally.
The url suffix "egg=<project name>" is used by pip in its dependency logic to
identify the project prior to pip downloading and analyzing the metadata.
The "project name" component of the url suffix "egg=<project name>-<version>"
is used by pip in its dependency logic to identify the project prior
to pip downloading and analyzing the metadata. The optional "version"
component of the egg name is not functionally important. It merely
provides a human-readable clue as to what version is in use.
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