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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 01:15:40PM +0200, Johan Hake wrote:
> On 08/13/2012 05:36 PM, Anders Logg wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 04:52:34PM +0200, Johan Hake wrote:
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> I would advocate to add releases of pure Python packages in FEniCS to
> >> the PyPI Server. Packages can then be installed by:
> >>
> >>   pip install {ffc,ufl,fiat,aso}
> >>
> >> PyPI also integrates well with distutils. One can for example include
> >> dependencies in the setup(...) call in the setup.py file. For example
> >> can Fiat's dependency on ScientificPython be indicated by adding:
> >>
> >>   setup(...
> >>      requires = ['ScientificPython'])
> >>
> >> If FIAT is installed using pip install ScientificPython will also be
> >> installed.
> >>
> >> I have not added any packages to the server myself but the procedure
> >> looks pretty straightforward. It requires a PyPI account on
> >> pypi.python.org though.
> >
> > Yes why not.
>
> Well, it adds some constraint to the release process ;)
>
> > The best would be to integrate it into the release
> > script(s) if possible.
>
> That is true. But I think a project manager need to do the actual
> upload, but that is not very different from how it is on launchpad, I guess.

Let's keep it in mind for the next release. It might be easy and worth
the effort.

--
Anders