code: def parse_requirements(fname="requirements.txt", with_version=False):
      """
      Parse the package dependencies listed in a requirements file but strips
      specific versioning information.
  
      Args:
          fname (str): path to requirements file
          with_version (bool, default=False): if true include version specs
  
      Returns:
          List[str]: list of requirements items
      """
      from os.path import exists
      import re
  
      require_fpath = fname
  
      def parse_line(line):
          """
          Parse information from a line in a requirements text file
          """
          if line.startswith("-r "):
              # Allow specifying requirements in other files
              target = line.split(" ")[1]
              for info in parse_require_file(target):
                  yield info
          else:
              info = {"line": line}
              if line.startswith("-e "):
                  info["package"] = line.split("#egg=")[1]
              else:
                  # Remove versioning from the package
                  pat = "(" + "|".join([">=", "==", ">"]) + ")"
                  parts = re.split(pat, line, maxsplit=1)
                  parts = [p.strip() for p in parts]
  
                  info["package"] = parts[0]
                  if len(parts) > 1:
                      op, rest = parts[1:]
                      if ";" in rest:
                          # Handle platform specific dependencies
                          # http://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html#declaring-platform-specific-dependencies
                          version, platform_deps = map(
                              str.strip, rest.split(";")
                          )
                          info["platform_deps"] = platform_deps
                      else:
                          version = rest  # NOQA
                      info["version"] = (op, version)
              yield info
  
      def parse_require_file(fpath):
          with open(fpath, "r") as f:
              for line in f.readlines():
                  line = line.strip()
                  if line and not line.startswith("#"):
                      for info in parse_line(line):
                          yield info
  
      def gen_packages_items():
          if exists(require_fpath):
              for info in parse_require_file(require_fpath):
                  parts = [info["package"]]
                  if with_version and "version" in info:
                      parts.extend(info["version"])
                  if not sys.version.startswith("3.4"):
                      # apparently package_deps are broken in 3.4
                      platform_deps = info.get("platform_deps")
                      if platform_deps is not None:
                          parts.append(";" + platform_deps)
                  item = "".join(parts)
                  yield item
  
      packages = list(gen_packages_items())
      return packages
  
imports: from os.path import exists
  from os.path import sys
  from setuptools import setup, find_packages
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: parse_requirements(fname, with_version) and returns: packages