[IPython-dev] IPython 0.11 RC1 is ready for download... now we're actually getting close to a real release!

[MinRK]

On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 10:52, Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4 July 2011 18:19, MinRK <benjaminrk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> As for the pyzmq/pygments dependencies, they are *optional*
>> dependencies just like we have always had, so will never be added as
>> hard install dependencies, but they should probably be described on
>> the pypi page, as they are on the install page in the docs:
>
> I think that Debian packaging may well split IPython up into >= 2 distinct
> packages: a core package with minimal dependencies, and a qtconsole package
> which depends on the core package, pyzmq, pyqt and pygments. This reflects
> the reality - they are hard dependencies, but only for the Qt console.

Yes, but it's PyPI/setuptools that is being discussed here.  We don't
ever want `easy_install ipython` to install anything (except
readline/pyreadline on OSX/Windows).

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> Thomas
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