Can you set conditional dependencies for Python 2 and 3 in setuptools?

Question

When releasing a Python egg with support for both Python 2 and 3, can you specify dependencies that change depending on which version you\'re using? For example, if you use

Answer 1

The setup.py portion of the answer by @Harold did not work for me: pip install distribution.whl still installs the dependency that the if code says it shouldn't. I will further update this answer in a few days when I have this issue resolved.

Here are some links that may provide additional ways to deal with this ():

• Wheel docs section explaining conditional dependencies: not completely clear but gives a hint of what to do
• Example on github
• Blog post