On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 12:24:29AM -0500, Mathieu TORTUYAUX wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm used to work with python and contribute to open-source projects. And > now, many projects need to run with dependancies. So I wondering, if it > could be a good idea to integrate a sniffer into Python to detecte if > project's dependancies are up to date.
I think such a sniffer would be an excellent third-party project. When you say "up to date", do you mean that the dependencies are all up to date from your operating system's repositories? (yum, or apt-get, or similar.) The last thing I want is some program complaining that I'm not using version 2.9 of a library when my OS package management only supports 2.6. > And each time Python project is run developer will be aware if dependancies > are up to date. That would be awful. It would be pure noise. If I'm running an old version of something, its because I want, or need, to run an old version. Or because I just don't care -- why should I run the latest version just because it is the latest version? A sniffer that I can run when I want to run it would be useful. A sniffer that runs automatically would be a PITA. -- Steve _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
