Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Andrey Rakhmatullin Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: can pip be made using local Debian packages for any dependencies Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:20:01 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Thu Feb 16 09:12:40 2023 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.1 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, FOURLA=0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/20827 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/Y+3zdC/2jP0XKizM@durkon.wrar.name Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 9 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:12:20 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: X-Original-References: <20230215163553.dky22eeiwdwdabnm@satie.tumbleweed.org.za> <20230215220038.spc62azcb62rila2@yuggoth.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:14928 On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 01:12:49AM +0000, Ian Norton wrote: > I agree that is "easiest" but what I was after was the ability to restrict > myself to the curated and signed packages from debian, pypi is just as bad > as old CPAN when it comes to packages disappearing or being broken or > depending on totally random versions These, or comparable, problems also happen in Debian. For example, you cannot expect any given module to be packaged (or not disappear in the next release), sometimes the version in the repo is several years old and of course packages in Debian can be broken, even if it's rare.