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- In distribution names, any run of ``-_.`` characters (HYPHEN-MINUS, LOW LINE
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and FULL STOP) should be replaced with ``_`` (LOW LINE), and uppercase
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characters should be replaced with corresponding lowercase ones. This is
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equivalent to regular :ref:`name normalization <name-normalization>` followed by replacing ``-`` with ``_``.
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Tools consuming wheels must be prepared to accept ``.`` (FULL STOP) and
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uppercase letters, however, as these were allowed by an earlier version of
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this specification.
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equivalent to regular :ref:`name normalization <name-normalization>` followed
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by replacing ``-`` with ``_``. Tools consuming wheels must be prepared to accept
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``.`` (FULL STOP) and uppercase letters, however, as these were allowed by an earlier
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version of this specification.
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- Version numbers should be normalised according to the :ref:`Version specifier
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specification <version-specifiers>`. Normalised version numbers cannot contain ``-``.
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- The remaining components may not contain ``-`` characters, so no escaping
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:ref:`normalized name <name-normalization>` of the package, e.g.
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``beaglevote`` and {version} is replaced
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with its :ref:`normalized version <version-specifiers-normalization>`,
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e.g. ``1.0.0``, (with dash (`-`) characters replaced with underscore (`_`) characters in both fields) consist of:
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e.g. ``1.0.0``, (with dash/``-`` characters replaced with underscore/``_`` characters
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in both fields) consist of:
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#. ``/``, the root of the archive, contains all files to be installed in
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``purelib`` or ``platlib`` as specified in ``WHEEL``. ``purelib`` and
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may vary between tools).
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- December 2024: The :file:`.dist-info/licenses/` directory was specified through
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:pep:`639`.
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- January 2025: Clarified that name and version needs to be normalized for
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``.dist-info`` and ``.data`` directories.
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