[Numpy-discussion] Proposal: stop supporting 'setup.py install'; start requiring 'pip install .' instead

[Ralf Gommers]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:28 PM, <josef.pktd at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Nathaniel Smith <njs at pobox.com> wrote:
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>> On Oct 27, 2015 6:08 AM, <josef.pktd at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > What's the equivalent of
>> > python setup.py build_ext --inplace
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>> It's
>>     python setup.py build_ext --inplace
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>> ;-)
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> Ok, Sorry, I read now the small print and the issue.
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> Sounds reasonable, given we can `force` our way out.
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> (If the reason to run to pip is a misspelled dev version number, then it
> looks like a hammer to me.)
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That's not the reason. A main reason is that we want reliable uninstall of
numpy, as explained in the initial post. We also want to avoid as many
other broken parts of setuptools/easy_install as possible.

Ralf
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