Something as simple as reading a requirements.txt file into JSON must either reimplement or wrongly import from pip._internal.
Anyways, Tool authors reimplementing in particular the requirements.txt functionality shouldn't be necessary. On Monday, August 20, 2018, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 12:25, Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Monday, August 20, 2018, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> I know "security by obscurity" doesn't work, but I'm happier if > >> details of this library *aren't* widely known - it's not something I'd > >> want to encourage people using, nor is it supported by pip, as it's > >> basically a direct interface into pip's internal functions, papering > >> over the name changes that we did in pip 10 specifically to dissuade > >> people from doing this. > > > > > > If someone was committing to identifying useful API methods, parameters, > and return values; > > writing a ~PEP; > > implementing said API; > > and maintaining backwards compatible shims for some reason; > > would something like `pip.api` be an appropriate namespace? > > (now that we're on version 18 with a faster release cycle)? > > I'm not quite sure I know what you mean here. The key point is that > pip 18.0 might have an internal function pip._internal.xxx, and in pip > 18.1 there's no such function, and the functionality doesn't even > exist any more. How would a 3rd party project maintain backwards > compatible shims in the face of that? Agreed it's not likely in > practice - but we're not going to guarantee it. > > To be honest I don't see the point of discussing pip's internal API. > It's just that - internal. I'd rather discuss useful (general) > packaging libraries, that tools can build on - pip can vendor those > and act as (just) another consumer, rather than getting into debates > about support and internal APIs. > > Paul >
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