[openstack-dev] Dependency version pinning [was Re: Pyparsing 2.0 breaking jenkins jobs]

Monty Taylor mordred at inaugust.com
Wed Feb 27 18:44:03 UTC 2013



On 02/27/2013 01:38 PM, Sean Dague wrote:
> On 02/27/2013 12:33 PM, Doug Hellmann wrote:
>>
>> That would be a partial fix, but we would also have to ensure that all
>> dependencies declare the version of Python they support. Not impossible,
>> but not automatic, either.
>>
>> Doug
> 
> I definitely realize that we are beyond scope of solvable problems in
> OpenStack, however with python going through a major incompatible
> upgrade in the language, we can't be the only project where this lack of
> enforcing what version code works with is causing breaks.
> 
> Various respected python community members, it would be really awesome
> to solve this as a root issue, get pypi to not allow uploads that don't
> specify, and have it be part of the installer. Would be good for
> everyone, not just OpenStack.

Python is talking about serveral major upgrades to PyPI - I'll toss this
one in the mix.

Monty



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