[Distutils] setuptools extras_require

[Matt Good]

On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 16:32 +0100, Elvelind Grandin wrote:
> Or use a magic extra name like "default" which is used if no other
> extra is selected.

This doesn't really address the full issue, since there may be several
sets of alternative dependencies for different requirements.

Following the TurboGears example it needs an ORM from "SQLObject or
SQLAlchemy" and a template engine from "Kid or Genshi".  So it'd need
defaults for each, not just a single default.

> On 12/11/06, Elvelind Grandin <elvelind at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not really
> >
> > extras_require = {
> >         'PDF':  ["ReportLab>=1.2", "RXP"],
> > }
> > extras_exclude = {
> >         'PDF': ["Foo"],
> > }
> >
> > might work. even if it's not that pretty.
> >
> > On 12/10/06, Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote:
> > > At 08:28 PM 12/10/2006 +0100, Elvelind Grandin wrote:
> > > >Is there any way to exclude packages in extras_require as opposed to
> > > >just include them. In Turbogears we have Sqlobject in by default. but
> > > >if the extra "future" is used it should drop SO and install sqlalchemy
> > > >instead.
> > >
> > > Not currently, no.  Do you have any suggestions as to how this might be
> > > spelled in the requirements API?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > cheers
> >     elvelind grandin
> >
> 
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