How to specify version ranges in install_requires (setuptools, distribute)

Question

I want to make a package to depend the particular version range e.g. >= 0.5.0, < 0.7.0. Is it possible in install_requires option, and if so

Answer 1

The notation mentioned in OP's question, >= 0.5.0, < 0.7.0, already works.

And, since many (if not most) of the libraries would already use semantic versioning, so by definition you can define your dependency as A>=1,<2, as explained here. And they even implemented an even simpler syntax for it, A~=X.Y, meaning it requires at least release X.Y, but also allows any later release with a matching MAJOR version.