On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Gael Pasgrimaud <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 8:41 PM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Gael Pasgrimaud <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 7:35 PM, gazza <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hiya, >>>> >>>> I am installing on the production server and hit the below: >>>> >>>> "Installed distribution Webhelpers 1.0b4 conflicts with requirement >>>> WebHelpers>=0.6.1,<0.6.99" >>>> >>>> I guess others have seen this problem. What was the workaround? >>>> >>> >>> Try to remove the conflicted version from your file sytem and install >>> the correct one with easy_install >>> >>> Btw I think that fixing eggs versions in setup.py is a bad idea. >>> Pylons should have a pip's requirement file or something like that (I >>> also know Zope's Known Good Set aka KGS) for each releases to get the >>> correct dependencies versions. >>> Then if you have a fix in a dependency you can change the required >>> version without releasing a new Pylons versions >> >> The problem is Paste uses entry points and 'pkg_resources.require', >> which blows up if any requirements are in conflict. >> > > That's why a requirement file can fix the problem if you only have > Dep==X.X in this file. > This assume that you can have a *stable* Pylons X.X environment even > if a broken dependency is released on pypi.
How does a requirements file override the version-comparing 'pkg_resources.require' does? It seems like requirements control only what gets installed, not runtime import conflicts. Does installing requirements actually change the egg-info metadata to allow those versions to be imported without errors? -- Mike Orr <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en.
