[issue8668] Packaging: add a 'develop' command

[higery]

higery <shoulderhigher at gmail.com> added the comment:

2011/7/12 Michael Mulich <report at bugs.python.org>

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> Michael Mulich <michael.mulich at gmail.com> added the comment:
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> The wiki page has been edited to note what the develop command will
> write to the file system. I'll restate it here as well...
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> The develop command writes three pieces of information to the filesystem:
>  1. It calls upon the build action(s) to build the package relative to
> the package's root directory.
>  2. It calls the [build|install]_distinfo action to write the
> .dist-info metadata inside the build directory. (see also Issue 12279)
>  3. It adds the build directory's path to a .pth file.
>

You are right, what you listed above are also the things done by the
'develop' command of my current implementation. In addition, as I replied
earlier, we can also add a .distinfo-link file  more than the .pth file.

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Michael Mulich &lt;<a href="mailto:michael.mulich at gmail.com">michael.mulich at gmail.com</a>&gt; added the comment:<br><br>
The wiki page has been edited to note what the develop command will<br>
write to the file system. I&#39;ll restate it here as well...<br>
<br>
The develop command writes three pieces of information to the filesystem:<br>
 1. It calls upon the build action(s) to build the package relative to<br>
the package&#39;s root directory.<br>
 2. It calls the [build|install]_distinfo action to write the<br>
.dist-info metadata inside the build directory. (see also Issue 12279)<br>
 3. It adds the build directory&#39;s path to a .pth file.<br></blockquote><div><br>You are right, what you listed above are also the things done by the &#39;develop&#39; command of my current implementation. In addition, as I replied earlier, we can also add a .distinfo-link file  more than the .pth file.<br>
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