<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 6:00 AM, Nick Coghlan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncoghlan@gmail.com" target="_blank">ncoghlan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">>> Do the Linux distros use pip to build their packages?<br>
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> Not that I am aware of.<br>
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</span>Fedora's build macros for Python projects currently rely on running<br>
setup.py directly, but we've been considering switching to pip instead<br>
since 2013 or so. PEP 517 is likely to provide the impetus to switch<br>
from "maybe we should do that" to "we need to do that, at least if<br>
setup.py is missing, and potentially always, so we get more consistent<br>
installation metadata"<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>which is exactly why I tried to do it in conda. In a post PEP 517 world, that may be a good way to go. I'm looking forward to it.</div><div><br></div><div>-CHB</div><div><br></div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br>Christopher Barker, Ph.D.<br>Oceanographer<br><br>Emergency Response Division<br>NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice<br>7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax<br>Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception<br><br><a href="mailto:Chris.Barker@noaa.gov" target="_blank">Chris.Barker@noaa.gov</a></div>
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