On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 1:54 AM, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gomm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 8:11 PM, Warren Weckesser < > warren.weckes...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 12:31 AM, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Apparently it is not well known that if you have a Python project >>> source tree (e.g., a numpy checkout), then the correct way to install >>> it is NOT to type >>> >>> python setup.py install # bad and broken! >>> >>> but rather to type >>> >>> pip install . >>> >>> >> >> FWIW, I don't see any mention of this in the numpy docs, but I do see a >> lot of instructions involving `setup.py build` and `setup.py install`. >> See, for example, INSTALL.txt. Also see >> >> http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/user/install.html#building-from-source >> So I guess it is not surprising that it is not well known. >> > > Indeed, install docs are always hopelessly outdated. And we have too many > of them. There's duplicate info in INSTALL.txt and > http://scipy.org/scipylib/building/index.html for example. We should > probably just empty out INSTALL.txt and simply put a link in it to the html > docs. > > I've created an issue with a long todo list and a bunch of links: > https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/6599. Feel free to add stuff. Or to > go fix something:) > Oh, and: looking at this thread there haven't been serious unanswered concerns (at least in my perception), so without more discussion I'd interpret the current status as "go ahead". Ralf
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