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authorRobert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com>2015-04-25 12:59:53 +1200
committerRobert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com>2015-04-29 18:49:36 +1200
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Stop testing setup.py easy_install behaviour
Instead test pip install more thoroughly. Also document that we don't support setup.py install's easy-install behaviour. Change-Id: I87872a69425f9d4f17047e584c12516508d57b16
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@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ the results in as the arguments to a call to `setup.py` - so the heavy
lifting of handling python packaging needs is still being done by
`setuptools`.
+Note that we don't support the `easy_install` aspects of setuptools: while
+we depend on setup_requires, for any install_requires we recommend that they
+be installed prior to running `setup.py install` - either by hand, or by using
+an install tool such as `pip`.
+
What It Does
============