python_requires="<4" creates issues with dependency solvers #1020
Description
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:
>>> poetry add --allow-prereleases --dev coverage
Using version ^5.2.1 for coverage
Updating dependencies
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[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