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diff python/venvit.py @ 70:a9110cc98d94
adding notes on a venvit idea
author | Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> |
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date | Fri, 21 May 2010 15:40:46 -0700 |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/python/venvit.py Fri May 21 15:40:46 2010 -0700 @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +#!/usr/bin/env python +""" +venvit.py -- the equivalent of ez_setup.py for virtualenv, but less intrusive; +It wants a one-step installation to install python into a new virtualenv. +venvit is meant to be used via e.g. curl, although you can download it as well: + + curl http://example.com/path/to/venvit.py | python - <package> + +If <package> is a package name, it tries to install it from the cheeseshop. + +If it is a svn/hg/git/tgz/etc URL, it should download and install the software +in source. + +Only useful output -- like the scripts installed -- should be output to the +user. + +Ideally, packages could have a venvit__init__.py (or a better name) that +will be executed after installation (or a venvit.txt which would just be output +to console, maybe falling back to the README +"""