On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Daniel Holth <dho...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is exactly the same as setuptools' "extras" feature, and I didn't > quote the entire edit on-list. Also, there is a reference > implementation at https://bitbucket.org/dholth/distribute/ in the > DistInfoDistribution class. > > The 'test' and 'doc' reserved names are not an essential part of the > Provides-Extra feature. Provides-Extra: is primarily for optional > run-time (not build-time) dependencies.
Though in the interest of not having too many different ways to do a similar thing, could this not also be used for tests/docs? Perhaps even "Provides-Extra: tests", and "Provides-Extra: docs" should be reserved names as you suggested. I envision something like: Provides-Extra: tests Requires-Dist: nose; extra == 'tests' Provides-Extra: docs Requires-Dist: sphinx; extra == 'docs' $ pysetup test Tests require the 'nose' package. Please run `pysetup install mypackage[tests]` to install the test dependencies. Ditto for building the docs. In a sense, being able to run the tests, or build the docs could be considered 'extra' features. One could even have: Provides-Extra: setup Requires-Dist: mysetuphooks; extra == 'setup' for build-time dependencies. Although in that case, pysetup (or any other installer) would explicitly have to check for this in the metadata before doing anything else. So maybe this example stretches this syntax too far? Plus build-time dependencies are not exactly "extras". It's very much required to do anything with the package. Erik _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
