On 9 September 2014 16:59, Collin Anderson <collinmander...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there any way packages could list external dependencies? Maybe > something like requires = ['Python.h', 'somethingelse.h']. I realize > there's not much that pip can do about it automatically, but maybe pip > could try to figure out if you have those files around and warn if it > doesn't see them.
I don't think pip could realistically check if such files exist (there are too many variations in where they might be, etc) but it might be plausible to allow a package to declare its external dependencies somehow, maybe just as free text, and then if the package build fails, pip could display that information. Maybe have a build_hint metadata item that pip could display if a build fails. That could be reasonably easy with Metadata 2.0, which allows for metadata extensions. The trick is to get packages to include such a thing. It would be a shame to add the mechanism and never have it be used. Paul _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
