Most Linux distributions provide Python requests by means of their package management and update system. pip would mess up with this.
Tom Keffer schrieb am Donnerstag, 24. August 2023 um 16:03:03 UTC+2: > Good reason to always run out of a virtual environment. > > On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 5:59 AM matthew wall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> invoking pip as a possible side effect of installing a weewx extension >> has "danger will robinson" and "there be dragons" written all over it. >> >> although it *could* mean one fewer step when installing a weewx >> extension, and it probably would not be a problem on a system that is >> running only weewx and where weewx was installed using pip and where weewx >> is being run in a virtual environment (and i might have missed a few more >> 'and's), it could be problematic in many other situations. >> >> pip is horrible at dependency management - it will happily break one >> python package as it tries to satisfy dependencies for another, and unless >> you have extensive unit tests for everything you ever want to run, you >> won't notice it until something that used to run just fine breaks. >> >> i wish there were a good solution to python >> installation/upgrade/management that works across operating environments >> and packaging systems. >> >> On Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 4:06:17 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> We are trying to keep the number of modules down to a minimum. >>> >>> I suppose we could add a feature to the WeeWX extension installer that >>> allowed extension writers to specify which pypi modules they need for their >>> extension. It would look something like >>> >>> class MyInstaller(ExtensionInstaller): >>> def __init__(self): >>> super().__init__( >>> version="0.5", >>> name='my', >>> ... >>> files=[ >>> ... >>> ], >>> pypi = [requests,] >>> ) >>> >>> The installer would then run pip to install the specified modules. >>> >>> -tk >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 12:53 PM Chris Alemany <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I’ve moved over to v5 successfully for the most part. One missing piece >>>> I’ve come across with two extensions now is the Requests modules. I use >>>> the >>>> weewx-purpleAir and a Mastodon wxtoot extension that both rely on this >>>> module. I’m not sure how common it is in other extensions. >>>> >>>> I’m sure you want to keep the number of modules down to a minimum but >>>> I’ll put my hand up to include pip requests in the weewx-venv. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "weewx-user" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/06890F55-849E-42BB-93BB-72CFCDB28960%40gmail.com >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/eb451f54-2289-4637-9c52-d0398303f017n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/eb451f54-2289-4637-9c52-d0398303f017n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/1424a949-214c-484d-aaad-dbbb2f2eb828n%40googlegroups.com.
