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authorHonnix <honnix@users.noreply.github.com>2023-04-13 09:02:27 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-04-13 09:02:27 +0200
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@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ Logically, a Requirements file is just a list of :ref:`pip install` arguments
placed in a file. Note that you should not rely on the items in the file being
installed by pip in any particular order.
+Requirements files can also be served via a URL, e.g.
+http://example.com/requirements.txt besides as local files, so that they can
+be stored and served in a centralized place.
+
In practice, there are 4 common uses of Requirements files:
1. Requirements files are used to hold the result from :ref:`pip freeze` for the
@@ -242,16 +246,16 @@ organisation and use that everywhere. If the thing being installed requires
"helloworld" to be installed, your fixed version specified in your constraints
file will be used.
-Constraints file can be served via a URL, e.g.
-http://example.com/constraints.txt instead of only a local file, so that your
-organization can provide constraints files online from a centraliazed place.
-
Constraints file support was added in pip 7.1. In :ref:`Resolver
changes 2020` we did a fairly comprehensive overhaul, removing several
undocumented and unsupported quirks from the previous implementation,
and stripped constraints files down to being purely a way to specify
global (version) limits for packages.
+The same as requirements files, constraints files can be served via a URL, e.g.
+http://example.com/constraints.txt, so that your organization can store and
+serve them in a centralized place.
+
.. _`Installing from Wheels`: