@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ Installation Tool Recommendations
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* Use :ref: `virtualenv `, or `pyvenv `_ to isolate application specific
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dependencies from a shared Python installation. [3 ]_
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- * Use `pip wheel
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- <http://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/reference/pip_wheel.html> `_ to create a
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- cache of :term: `wheel ` distributions, for the purpose of speeding up
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- subsequent installations. [4 ]_
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* If you're looking for management of fully integrated cross-platform software
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stacks, consider :ref: `buildout ` (primarily focused on the web development
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community) or :ref: `hashdist `, or :ref: `conda ` (both primarily focused on
@@ -36,11 +31,11 @@ Packaging Tool Recommendations
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* Use :ref: `setuptools ` to define projects and create :term: `Source Distributions
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- <Source Distribution (or "sdist")> `. [5 ]_ [6 ]_
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+ <Source Distribution (or "sdist")> `. [4 ]_ [5 ]_
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* Use the ``bdist_wheel `` :ref: `setuptools ` extension available from the
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:ref: `wheel project <wheel >` to create :term: `wheels <Wheel> `. This is
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- especially beneficial, if your project contains binary extensions. [7 ]_
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+ especially beneficial, if your project contains binary extensions. [6 ]_
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* Use `twine <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/twine >`_ for uploading distributions
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to :term: `PyPI <Python Package Index (PyPI)> `.
@@ -64,10 +59,7 @@ Packaging Tool Recommendations
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:ref: `virtualenv `. However, using :ref: `virtualenv ` will still be
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recommended for users that need cross-version consistency.
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- .. [4 ] For more information, see the pip guide to `Installing from Wheels
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- <https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide.html#installing-from-wheels> `_.
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- .. [5 ] Although you can use pure ``distutils `` for many projects, it does not
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+ .. [4 ] Although you can use pure ``distutils `` for many projects, it does not
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support defining dependencies on other projects and is missing several
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convenience utilities for automatically populating distribution metadata
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correctly that are provided by ``setuptools ``. Being outside the
@@ -81,11 +73,11 @@ Packaging Tool Recommendations
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from a prebuilt :term: `wheel <Wheel> ` file), it will actually build
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your project using :ref: `setuptools ` instead.
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- .. [6 ] `distribute `_ (a fork of setuptools) was merged back into
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+ .. [5 ] `distribute `_ (a fork of setuptools) was merged back into
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:ref: `setuptools ` in June 2013, thereby making setuptools the default
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choice for packaging.
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- .. [7 ] :term: `PyPI <Python Package Index (PyPI)> ` currently only allows
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+ .. [6 ] :term: `PyPI <Python Package Index (PyPI)> ` currently only allows
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uploading Windows and Mac OS X wheels, and they should be compatible with
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the binary installers provided for download from python.org. Enhancements
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will have to be made to the :ref: `wheel compatibility tagging scheme
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