[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #668: easy_install allmydata-tahoe is broken

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#668: easy_install allmydata-tahoe is broken
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     Reporter:  francois   |       Owner:  zooko                                                     
         Type:  defect     |      Status:  assigned                                                  
     Priority:  major      |   Milestone:  1.8.2                                                     
    Component:  packaging  |     Version:  1.3.0                                                     
   Resolution:             |    Keywords:  setuptools install ubuntu debian test-needed review-needed
Launchpad Bug:             |  
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Comment (by zooko):

 I agree that we shouldn't recommend {{{easy_install allmydata-tahoe}}} as
 a way to set up Tahoe-LAFS, for the reason you gave. Also because there
 are other improvements that we've implemented in our primary, supported
 method of setting up--[http://tahoe-lafs.org/source/tahoe-
 lafs/trunk/docs/quickstart.html quickstart.html]--such as #1233 (prefer
 binary eggs which satisfy dependencies over source eggs which are even
 newer).

 However, {{{easy_install}}} (and its cousin {{{pip}}}, which I hope also
 works now) are very popular, so I'm happy if Tahoe-LAFS is compatible with
 them.

 In particular, this means that if there were another Python project which
 ''depended'' on Tahoe-LAFS, that project could mark Tahoe-LAFS as a
 {{{requirement}}} and then builds/installs of that project would
 automatically set up Tahoe-LAFS and all of its dependencies.

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Ticket URL: <http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/668#comment:22>
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