What kind of project is it? For example, is it a software library e.g. to put on PyPI, or a website application for a company to run? The answer to this question will help people answer your question because it has a big impact on what practice will be best for you.
—Chris On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 11:54 PM Carles Sala Cladellas <car...@pythiac.com> wrote: > Hello here! > > TL;DR: Should I use requirements.txt, or should I have my dependencies > only listed inside setup.py? > > Long version: > > The two most common ways to have dependencies listed in a python package > are either having them listed both in setup.py and requirements.txt files, > or having them only listed in requirements.txt and then import them using > some `parse_requirements` methods. > > In the projects which I am currently working on there are five lists of > requirements: > - requirements.txt > - requirements_test.txt > - requirements_dev.txt > - install_requires inside setup.py > - tests_require inside setup.py > > I wanted to remove duplicities, so I thought about removing the setup.py > lists and parse the dependencies from the requirements*.txt files. > > But then I came across this, https://stackoverflow.com/a/28842733, which > recommends using a `dev` entry in `extras_require` and then using `pip > install -e .[dev]` to install them, which could be easily extended to also > have a `pip install -e .[test]`. > > I find this a very clean option, since it reduces the amount of files the > repository and makes setup.py and makes setup.py self-contained. > > Are any known drawbacks to this approach? Is it a good way to go? > > Regards, > > -- > Carles Sala cladellascar...@pythiac.com / +34 666 278 679 > https://www.pythiac.com > Pythia Consulting - Data Science as a Service > > -- > Distutils-SIG mailing list > distutils-sig@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mm3/mailman3/lists/distutils-sig.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/mm3/archives/list/distutils-sig@python.org/message/OQW4VU36WWGESOAYLTV6WWDKX2RKHRD4/ >
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