Document whitespace in quoted dependency specifiers

Herrtian · Herrtian · commit 81c0f97fc5df · 2026-05-12T16:05:37.000+02:00
diff --git a/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst b/source/specifications/dependency-specifiers.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ include extras, which expand the dependencies of the named distribution to
 enable optional features. The version installed can be controlled using
 version limits, or giving the URL to a specific artifact to install. Finally
 the dependency can be made conditional using environment markers.
-
 Grammar
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@@ -127,6 +126,9 @@ Whitespace
 
 Non line-breaking whitespace is mostly optional with no semantic meaning. The
 sole exception is detecting the end of a URL requirement.
+When a dependency specifier is written as a quoted string, authors may keep
+optional whitespace for readability, such as around version specifiers and
+version clauses.
 
 .. _dependency-specifiers-names:
 
