Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Ian Norton Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: can pip be made using local Debian packages for any dependencies Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 09:10:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Sun Feb 12 08:05:38 2023 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.199 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5.5 X-Gm-Message-State: AO0yUKVnDa7r4a3qdf5aMkZaxgFLO8gkaCXKx8LsyQY1BrFj/mtbkrt5 9u8GrmgnU+ezcugGv9R9ucZApjnn+yiOHBbkq1PJ/b1r9OI= X-Google-SMTP-Source: AK7set/LFIie/dQJnFWpZR29m4C2w7lAF6znBiYnfIgm9dIxhh43IWLRODLIaPtrx0gHoZJKY8242gsRzJyG8bdeUGY= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:ec8d:b0:16d:f7bc:9e55 with SMTP id eo13-20020a056870ec8d00b0016df7bc9e55mr128302oab.166.1676189113733; Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:05:13 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/20811 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/CAGUnuBF1BxOyrx1_GGEOtJONf=j08UgE9T2-juUXQnTp8p-8Mg@mail.gmail.com Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 38 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 08:05:00 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:14912 I requested this kind of thing from the pip folks as https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11644 and others have requested similar, such as https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11607 On Sun, 12 Feb 2023 at 04:56, Philippe Cerfon wrote: > > Hey. > > I hope this is not too off topic. > > As far as I understand, dh-python, when building packages somehow > automatically uses the Debian package names and even prevents e.g. > setuptools from downloading any dependencies by setting a (hopefully > not running) proxy. > > > I wondered whether it's possible to make tools like pip and setuptools > directly use the Debian python packages when resolving dependencies. > > The main motivation are security constraints, so I had to configure > pip so that it cannot just download packages from PyPI (which is > rather easy, simply setting no-index in pip.conf). > > But then of course it also fails to e.g. do an editable install of a > locally developed package, when it tries to resolve the dependencies. > > So I wondered whether it's possible to prevent pip from downloading > any remote stuff, while still resolving dependencies (respectively > consider them as being resolved) *if* the package is locally installed > from the Debian archive? > (If a dependency isn't installed from a package it may of course fail.) > > > Thanks, > Philippe. > > PS: Please keep me CCed. >