[issue26074] Add a method to pip.. pip.require("package_name")

Blaize Rhodes added the comment: Righto.. will talk to the pip dudes. Thanks for your time. (@matrixise The reason I posted this here is because pip is included as part of the cpython distribution. None of the documentation I've seen suggests that this isn't a forum for discussing the std

[issue26074] Add a method to pip.. pip.require("package_name")

Berker Peksag added the comment: Thanks for the report, but this should be discussed either at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pypa-dev or https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues -- nosy: +berker.peksag resolution: -> third party stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed

[issue26074] Add a method to pip.. pip.require("package_name")

Stéphane Wirtel added the comment: But in fact, Pip is an external project to CPython. Could you explain why you post this issue in the CPython Bug Tracker? Thank you -- nosy: +matrixise ___ Python tracker __

[issue26074] Add a method to pip.. pip.require("package_name")

Blaize Rhodes added the comment: I'm more than happy to fill in the contributor agreement.. but it seems like a hassle if, what I'm assuming will happen, someone points out a good reason why this hasn't been done already. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue26074] Add a method to pip.. pip.require("package_name")

New submission from Blaize Rhodes: The idea is to add a method to pip that tries to import a package and if the import fails then try to download and install the package handling the UI. Yes, you can put the package as a dependency in your pip config for your code. This is intended for the ca