Re: setuptools without unexpected downloads

Ben Finney schrieb:
Ben Finney <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

How can I, as the distributor of a package using setuptools, gain
the benefits of dependency declaration and checking, without the
drawback of unexpected and potentially unwanted download and
installation?

To clarify: I want to retain the "assert the specified dependencies
are satisfied" behaviour, without the "... and, if not, download and
install them the Setuptools Way" behaviour.

Instead, I just want the default "dependencies not satisfied"
behaviour for my 'setup.py' program to be: complain the dependencies
aren't met, and refuse to install.

The problem here is that your favorite OS vendor/distributor not necessarily offers the required meta-information - so setuptools can't check the dependencies.

In my opinion, python is steering here to a direction like Java with it's classpath: scripts like workingenv and it's successor (forgot the name) provide hand-tailored environments for a specific application.

So maybe you should rather try and bundle your app in a way that it is self-contained.

Diez
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