[Distutils] dependencies, pip and non-PyPI-hosted packages

Fred Drake fdrake at acm.org
Fri Apr 22 18:55:47 CEST 2011


On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Ernesto Posse <eposse at gmail.com> wrote:
> PS: since 'requires' and 'provides' are not used in any tool, why are
> they in the official documentation?

We answered the chicken-and-egg problem incorrectly.

Ignore those.


  -Fred

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