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diff --git a/docs/html/user_guide.rst b/docs/html/user_guide.rst index 966b200f4..9a6f2901c 100644 --- a/docs/html/user_guide.rst +++ b/docs/html/user_guide.rst @@ -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 @@ -248,6 +252,10 @@ 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. +Same as requirements files, constraints files can also 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`: |