Is this the right place to discuss UX issues for pip? If not, point to the right place, if so, read on:
I think pip's usability could be much improved with a little tweaking to the messages it prints to the console when it does its thing. For instance, when I do a: pip install some_package I get the message: Downloading/unpacking some_package When in fact, pip is not (yet) doing that -- what it is doing is looking for the package on pypi (or ???) Which is fine if the package is found, but if it's not, you then get some confusing messages, like: Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement some-package Cleaning up... not to bad -- it does say it wasn't found, but it seems it could be a bit odd to a new user -- "but I thought it was being downloaded?" I was just trying to upgrade a packe that I was told could now be pip installed: $ pip install --upgrade tracpy Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement tracpy in /Users/chris.barker/PythonStuff/TracPy/tracpy Downloading/unpacking tracpy Cleaning up... No distributions at all found for tracpy in /Users/chris.barker/PythonStuff/TracPy/tracpy Storing complete log in /Users/chris.barker/.pip/pip.log It turns out that they have not (yet?) registered it with pypi (and I have a n older copy in /Users/chris.barker/PythonStuff/TracPy/tracpy). But it does seem weird and confusing that it first says it can't find any downloads, then tells me its downloading, then cleaning up, then says it couldn't find anything... Anyway, small stuff, but these little things make a difference. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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