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author | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2011-05-03 15:31:08 -0500 |
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committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2011-05-03 15:31:08 -0500 |
commit | af5062470253b9afae7071c3cb8eab4f1e2c9c9b (patch) | |
tree | 2cfa6d9faaca9a1c2b92745342e5fb89c7f811d8 /python/pip/README | |
parent | 9444e5a3ec1d2a86686becdabfbc14255420c498 (diff) | |
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python/pip: Moved from Development category
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/python/pip/README b/python/pip/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f2dbe460da --- /dev/null +++ b/python/pip/README @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +pip is a replacement for easy_install (from pysetuptools). It uses mostly +the same techniques for finding packages, so packages that were made +easy_installable should be pip-installable as well. + +pip is meant to improve on easy_install. Some of the improvements: + +- All packages are downloaded before installation. Partially-completed + installation doesn't occur as a result. +- Care is taken to present useful output on the console. +- The reasons for actions are kept track of. For instance, if a package is + being installed, pip keeps track of why that package was required. +- Error messages should be useful. +- The code is relatively concise and cohesive, making it easier to use + programmatically. +- Packages don't have to be installed as egg archives, they can be + installed flat (while keeping the egg metadata). +- Native support for other version control systems (Git, Mercurial and + Bazaar). +- Uninstallation of packages. +- Simple to define fixed sets of requirements and reliably reproduce a set + of packages. + +pip is complementary with virtualenv (can be found at SBo), and it is +encouraged that you use virtualenv to isolate your installation. + +pip requires pysetuptools. |