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authorAudrius Kažukauskas <audrius@neutrino.lt>2016-12-09 20:13:04 +0200
committerDavid Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>2016-12-10 00:57:44 +0000
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python/pip: Updated for version 9.0.1.
Signed-off-by: Audrius Kažukauskas <audrius@neutrino.lt>
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-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 a replacement for easy_install (from python-setuptools). 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.
+- 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.
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ pip is meant to improve on easy_install. Some of the improvements:
- 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.
+- Simple to define fixed sets of requirements and reliably reproduce a
+ set of packages.
pip is complementary with virtualenv, and it is encouraged that you use
virtualenv to isolate your installation.