pythoncoveragepy/coveragepy #1020Not a task: already works

`python_requires="<4"` creates issues with dependency solvers

envgap__coveragepy__coveragepy-1020

Original GitHub issue ↗Dated source checkout ↗Opened 2020-08-17

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03 / ORIGINAL ISSUE TEXT

coveragepy/coveragepy #1020 · read the original issue

- `python_requires="<4"` is defined in https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/blob/aa6cb95e366f479cddd8cd30aee940393ead6296/setup.py#L122 

- This requirement causes problems with dependency solvers, such as `poetry`:



```bash

>>> poetry add --allow-prereleases --dev coverage          

Using version ^5.2.1 for coverage



Updating dependencies

Resolving dependencies... (0.0s)



[SolverProblemError]

The current project's Python requirement (>=3.6) is not compatible with some of the required packages Python requirement:

  - coverage requires Python >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*, <4

```

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