On August 12, 2009, Karl Fogel wrote: > I've had a multi-day yak-shaving spree with launchpadlib. Is this list > the right place to discuss launchpadlib? Let's find out... > > Summary: launchpadlib depends on lazr.restful, apparently just for the > tests. However, this seems to make installs of trunk launchpadlib fail, > as per this transcript: http://paste.ubuntu.com/252186/ > > My conversation with William Grant about it: > > <wgrant> kfogel: That's installing faaaar too much stuff. Like > lazr.restful. > > <wgrant> kfogel: Although if you want to run the tests properly, I > guess you need that. > > <kfogel> wgrant: I thought launchpadlib depends on lazr.restful? (was > told by jml or barry it does) > > <wgrant> kfogel: lazr.restful is the server-side. > > <wgrant> kfogel: And depends on a large portion of the ZTK. > > <kfogel> wgrant: that makes sense. So why would launchpadlib depend > on it? > > <wgrant> kfogel: For tests. > > * wgrant checks how to make it stop. > > <wgrant> kfogel: ARGH WTF > > <wgrant> lazr.restfulclient specifies a runtime dependency on > lazr.restful > > <wgrant> == insane > > <kfogel> wgrant: that does indeed sound like insanity. > > <wgrant> And as it's all inside stupid eggs, it's probably easier to > make lazr.lifecycle work properly. > > <wgrant> And I'm not sure what's wrong there. > > <kfogel> wgrant: I'm going to post about this launchpadlib problem on > launchpad-...@. > > <wgrant> kfogel: Good idea. > > I *think* there is a bug here, but wanted more understanding before > filing. Hence this post. Thoughts? >
Yes, that's a bug in lazr.restfulclient. The dependencies on lazr.restful should be optional (for tests). lazr.restful already has optional tests dependencies, so that should be used as an example. -- Francis J. Lacoste [email protected]
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