Open chrisjsewell opened 2 years ago
I don't think it's necessary to try and mirror pip, since pip install --editable
exists and works as well.
There's two mechanisms that you can perform an editable install with flit:
flit install --symlink
flit install --pth-file
hi friends. i'm curious about this too. it would be nice to have flit install --editable
given there is flit install and it would make a unified front-end for users - one less thing to remember :) .
But work is work and I get the importance of focused project scope!
this might be user error but when i tried flit install -s
i got a bit confused as to whether my package is installed in editable mode. I think i see it "symlinking"
Symlinking processStrava -> /Users/leahawasser/opt/miniconda3/envs/stravalib-dev/lib/python3.9/site-packages/processStrava
but pip show
doesn't suggest that it's in editable mode. it shows a very clean output with the install location in site-packages
.
-> pip show processstrava -f
Name: processStrava
Version: 0.1
Summary: Init file for processing
Home-page:
Author:
Author-email: law <law@example.com>
License:
Location: /Users/leahawasser/opt/miniconda3/envs/stravalib-dev/lib/python3.9/site-packages
Requires: geopandas, stravalib
Required-by:
Files:
processStrava
processstrava-0.1.dist-info/INSTALLER
processstrava-0.1.dist-info/METADATA
processstrava-0.1.dist-info/RECORD
processstrava-0.1.dist-info/REQUESTED
processstrava-0.1.dist-info/direct_url.json
I really appreciate flit and just wonder if you don't allow a
flit install -e
option for consistency (which would be lovely for those newer to packaging as it would lower cognitive load) if you could mention in the docs that a user should do
pip install -e .
or how pip install -e
is different from flit install -s
This is such a fantastic package - thank you for your work on it!
With the introduction of standardised editable installations in version 3.4, would it now make sense to have a
flit install --editable
option?Would this be the same as
flit install --pth-file
? Even if so, I feel--editable
would be easier for people to understand, especially if they are coming from usingpip