Hi, I'm currently working on a project based on django, together with a dozen of external libraries. Often I am in one of these scenarios:
- I discover bugs in an external libraries, and i fix them, but the upstream author is busy and I need to deploy the fix ASAP. So I produce a patch. - I have to install a particular revision of an external library from git/svn/hg The approach I've used so far has been setting up a private pypi-compatible repository, and recreate packages which fit my needs. But it really feels like killing an ant with a sledgehammer. I don't understand if there is a better way to: - Patch packages before installing - Fetch packages via git/svn/hg or via direct http link I'm currently using the *great* minitage.recipe.scripts recipe to do all of this, and infact i can do something like: ---------------------------- [complex-deps] interpreter = python recipe = minitage.recipe.scripts urls = http://media.djangoproject.com/releases/1.1.1/Django-1.1.1.tar.gz http://github.com/robhudson/django-debug-toolbar/commit/f36b72655349cf3b8e9105bed3be5cd065162476 Django-1.1.1-patches = ${buildout:directory}/patches/django-admin-fixes.diff debug_toolbar-patches = ${buildout:directory}/patches/debug_toolbar_sqlpanel.diff ----------------------------- Which is very very handy, it handles all my use case in a compact and nice way. The minitage.recipe.scripts is nice but is not widely used, so I'm a bit worried about its future and possible breakages. You know - when you work on a large project you have to think hard about your dependencies. It's like getting married. So the question is: Are there alternative solutions? Am I the only one with such needs? Thank you _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
