Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!news.servidellagleba.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Scott Kitterman Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: Amend Debian Python Proposal to Include More Python Metadata? Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 00:10:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: debian-python@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Fri Jan 22 23:05:19 2016 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.1 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, PGPSIGNATURE=-5] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5 Dkim-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=kitterman.com; s=201409; t=1453503889; bh=UCny/Go5adoOoXU9frk2avf95eMCTtya3ekEoCzt5fY=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=V1ufLwVlMACWAV4nMZbhj2tLn9nkECMKYsVids7SVHif+Ql+bU0D+n26g6T8BB8E9 jQLReIsKEXH3MvpIYu+AY+vcMiPA+wxAcbpU3g2f/G71JpD0xSzPAEF3AsO32aiLsK SNrJiXbWWxS4R6s9hSgFDqp+ABbD1ZRy5lkm7b5Y= User-Agent: KMail/4.13.3 (Linux/3.13.0-71-generic; KDE/4.13.3; x86_64; ; ) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1630932.LS9BBBkahK"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/13456 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/3664487.H8CRQn3UrC@kitterma-e6430 Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 49 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:04:42 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <3664487.H8CRQn3UrC@kitterma-e6430> X-Original-References: <20160122173051.0363c23f@anarchist.wooz.org> <59A637C6-1578-49B1-A785-D16740B3AAFF@stufft.io> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:8133 --nextPart1630932.LS9BBBkahK Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Friday, January 22, 2016 05:50:13 PM Donald Stufft wrote: ... > We already have an option like this, the =E2=80=94root option which w= ill just append > a different prefix to all of the installation paths. So essentially i= nstead > of invoking ``python setup.py install =E2=80=94root /tmp/something/``= which is what > I think you=E2=80=99re doing now, you=E2=80=99d do ``pip install =E2=80= =94root /tmp/something/ > =E2=80=94no-deps .`` and it=E2=80=99d just work similarly to what you= have now, except pip > would be responsible for interacting with the Python build system. ... Why would pip interacting with the Python build system instead of setup= tools=20 be better? Scott K --nextPart1630932.LS9BBBkahK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAABCAAGBQJWorWRAAoJEHjX3vua1ZrxDecP/0tbKZ2ZFm+FriQI72aLHEdR Z6Xn94grhuzNIg2WutWUOsQI+P4PVw95yuo0s3cWuv2/D/Qbs/ef/zmP6k6Rm4Ht GtkOtcdCq/xtHvvMm9I3f9G2xwU1Yg7l5MxPVdYMBSnxw8ySKnyh3/lUdN4SneAp RYXlaBiDNdCh9syboYp7Km8bbVbYemWzA+d6VqF80z7jus5ExyOFqetV2u9HsUv+ V/UeceCLkMVGTkBCpp5YPeyQY9U9TfSbrAmpz4uhZNHzPLgxTFRDMVIhT7yHnhdf YAjTHYK9WNtJhDD4IVBm9s54oHpSXfZEGTZpJwc79GnqJszfcVe/H2kIZJqc9pH8 8yM8KiRwX68btOCDxAiwpuoA5c0qEPmHByWvmIIGhAYkpuBJE/3GBFB+EhEc9/5w pUeHSNht/GlZF9MnMvAkY39zyZxu90UNzw/QKlTcGeFplSofdkDTnEeatZmYOpHG F4mod0HZVRQJp9LD2+M32i1vykAUTvoW1r3OzYnWaM2EjLS6cQ3o6lGFk84GuIyT CJr5anePJdB4JDZZKyh44lVNxm+Vq4gBpil4uKoWbS7VZTjfhyHyfpAQf3XF02m4 2X1W+Z/eeOnfDfWbUXBIQ3Ng8LVDEsRwz3EF8ENvrF7DjmX5nCwsAUVwtfZ754A0 v2w05W0Nbr8nNP+vDwZJ =Idz3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1630932.LS9BBBkahK--