Re: Release on PyPi

[Mathieu Bridon <bochecha daitauha fr>]

Hi,

On Thu, 2018-06-28 at 19:28 +0100, Chandan Singh wrote:
> > I don't think that BuildStream is really suitable for distribution
> > in the python package distribution model.
>
> I agree that the python packaging model isn't quite right for
> BuildStream and as you mention we have issues with pip even locally.
> But, my point is that while we are using pip anyway, we might as well
> upload it to PyPi so that install and update operations become
> slightly simpler and do not require a Git checkout of the BuildStream
> repository.

You don't actually need a Git checkout:

$ pip install git+https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream.git

Pip will clone and checkout itself in a temporary dir, and install from
it.

You can install releases with:

$ pip install git+https://gitlab.com/BuildStream/buildstream.git@1.1.3

> The way I look at it, if we are going to solve #332 relatively soon,
> then we should definitely wait for it. Otherwise, I do see some value
> in publishing to PyPi with the understanding that we may change the
> preferred method of installation in future.

Another point in favour of publishing to Pypi is to avoid somebody else
squatting the BuildStream name and uploading their own (malicious?)
code there.


-- 
Mathieu