We use pkg_resources.require() in Tahoe solely in order to get better
and earlier error messages in the case of missing or wrong-version
dependencies:
http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/_auto_deps.py?rev=2968#L22
"""
The purpose of this function is to raise a pkg_resources exception if
Ben Finney wrote:
Ian Bicking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I'll also note that the require in setuptools-generated scripts causes
pretty frequent problems for people, all to support this multi-version
feature that no one really uses.
I agree heartily that it seems to cause more trouble than it
Ian Bicking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'll also note that the require in setuptools-generated scripts causes
> pretty frequent problems for people, all to support this multi-version
> feature that no one really uses.
I agree heartily that it seems to cause more trouble than it's worth —
for m
