Re: Release on PyPi

[Tristan Van Berkom <tristan vanberkom codethink co uk>]

On Mon, 2018-06-25 at 22:14 +0100, Chandan Singh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if we have considered releasing BuildStream, and
> possibly
> bst-external too, on PyPi?
>
> I was unable to find a thread about this topic but in case it has
> already been
> discussed, please send me a link :)
>
> Anyway, here are my thoughts on this topic.

I don't think that BuildStream is really suitable for distribution in
the python package distribution model.

Some details of the limitations we face just using pip locally already
can be found in this issue:

   Distribution story for BuildStream
   https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream/issues/332

Cheers,
    -Tristan