[Python-ideas] pip list shows "name meta info of the package" which is of no use

[Wes Turner]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 5:37 AM, Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:

> pip is actually developed as a separate project from python itself -- if
> you're interested in improving pip then your best bet is to get in touch
> with them through their mailing list or their bug tracker.
>

So, most minimally, what could be added to pip list would be a flag to
retrieve/read package metadata?

* https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip/json
* PEP 426: pydist.json
* wheel: metadata.json

And then the usage information I would expect to be in

* the ``long_description`` field #[ in package JSON ]
* the ``packages`` and/or ``namespace_packages`` fields #[ NOT in the
package JSON, AFAICT ]
  (sometimes as determined by find_packages()
  https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/setuptools.html#using-find-packages )

* Src: https://github.com/pypa/pip
* https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues
* Src: https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/develop/pip/commands/list.py#L19




> On Aug 21, 2015 00:53, "shiva prasanth" <kesavarapu.siva at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> i just learned decorators and i'm in a verge of asking why no decorators
>> for objects
>> thanks for helping me understand the concept of decorators. it was very
>> helpful.
>>
>> suppose let us say we installed pyjnius using pip.
>> when i'm trying to import pyjnius it shows
>> >>>import pyjnius
>> >>>`ImportError:` No module named pyjnius
>>
>> pip list does shows that pyjnius but there is no info about how it should
>> be  imported.
>>
>> i think we should be adding that functionality so that we dont have to
>> google around to know in which way should be imported.
>>
>> pip freeze shows the version not.
>> pip show : shows the meta info of every thing except the pymodule's thing
>>
>> let us say if pip list shows info like
>> pip list
>> <name> (<version>) <importname(module/package>
>>
>> then it should be very helpful for coders
>>
>> i also think of pip moduletree which will shows the package structure of
>> the package.(like pstree in unix shell)
>> but noone was interested .
>> i anyone was interested. i want to do it and submit
>>
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