I agree with you Chris. It think it's confusing too. There is an existing issue for this. https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/376 Marcus
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Chris Barker <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > >
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