[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [tahoe-lafs] #1539: stop putting pkg_resources.require() into .tac files

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#1539: stop putting pkg_resources.require() into .tac files
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     Reporter:  zooko    |      Owner:  davidsarah
         Type:           |     Status:  assigned
  enhancement            |  Milestone:  1.10.0
     Priority:  major    |    Version:  1.9.0a1
    Component:  code-    |   Keywords:  forward-compatibility appname tac
  nodeadmin              |  packaging setuptools
   Resolution:           |
Launchpad Bug:           |
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Comment (by zooko):

 There are two calls to {{{pkg_resources.require()}}} in the .tac files
 [http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-
 lafs/browser/trunk/src/allmydata/scripts/create_node.py?annotate=blame&rev=5133#L43
 that we currently produce]. According to [19700101235005-92b7f-
 0c2b3c010354bb97bbcba2d207819b56515aa7cb] the patch that added them, this
 was necessary to make them importable if they were installed in
 setuptools's "multiversion mode". I don't think we need to support that.
 We experimented with it (see #530) and removing multiversion mode from our
 setup.py did not break any of our unit tests, not even test-with-fake-pkg
 or test-with-fake-dists.

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