There are a couple of pretty decent ways to read metadata (importlib-metadata,
and pkginfo) but they tend to be pretty heavyweight. This lib aims to do two
things, with as minimal dependencies as possible:
- Support just enough metadata to be able to look up deps.
- Do "the thing that pip does" when deciding what dist-info dir to look at.
Usage of this library should work back to 3.7, but development (and mypy compatibility) only on 3.10-3.12. Linting requires 3.12 for full fidelity.
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