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setuptools is a non standard addition to Python packaging which
</div><div>is impossible to safely extract requirements in a 100% generic</div><div>way.</div><div><br></div><div>Distutils2 / metadata 1.2 includes a safe, good way to specify</div><div>requirements similar to setup tools but it's not ready for primetime yet.</div>
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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 7:55 AM, anatoly techtonik wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div>I need to build Fabric RPM package for Fedora. I use py2pack to</div><div>generate .spec file, which in turn uses PyPI information for it. The</div><div>problem that PyPI completely misses information about dependencies. Is</div><div>that intentional, broken or just not implemented? Any previous</div><div>discussions/outcomes?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Fabric/json">http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Fabric/json</a> - here should be a reference</div><div>to ssh package dependency which is present in setup.py as:</div><div> install_requires=['ssh>=1.7.14'],</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>P.S. My patch queue is still awaiting review comments at this changeset</div><div> <a href="https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/pypi-techtonik/changeset/5396f8c60d49#comments">https://bitbucket.org/techtonik/pypi-techtonik/changeset/5396f8c60d49#comments</a></div><div>--</div><div>anatoly t.</div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>Catalog-SIG mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:Catalog-SIG@python.org">Catalog-SIG@python.org</a></div><div><a href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig">http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/catalog-sig</a></div></div></div></span>
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