[Distutils] python setup.py develop and extras

Chris Withers chris at simplistix.co.uk
Fri Nov 23 20:53:31 CET 2012


On 07/11/2012 18:36, Chris Withers wrote:
> On 06/11/2012 12:23, Daniel Holth wrote:
>> On Nov 6, 2012, at 6:47 AM, Chris Withers<chris at python.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 05/11/2012 20:32, Daniel Holth wrote:
>>>> Extras are just an alias for a set of dependencies. After you run
>>>> setup.py develop on package, just "pip install package[docs,testing]"
>>>
>>> it's pyramid, and I want to do setup.py develop [docs,testing]
>>
>> It's no longer fashionable to have a project's build script reach out
>> and install its own dependencies. If you want a one-liner try pip
>> install -e . pyramid[docs,testing]
>
> Says who? What are we supposed to do instead now?

Hmm, no answers then...

:-(

Chris

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