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It depends upon both SWIG and Gnat (an Ada implementation, apparently), so even if it were pip installable, you'd need to install those two non-python dependenc
by shoo 11y ago
It depends upon both SWIG and Gnat (an Ada implementation, apparently), so even if it were pip installable, you'd need to install those two non-python dependencies via another mechanism.
- spoondan 11y agoPlenty of PyPI packages have external dependencies (e.g., anything that uses Cython will require a C compiler). SWIG isn't needed, since it is a source generator, and it's trivial to ship the generated source as part of the release process. GNAT is not commonly installed, but since it's part of GCC, it's packaged for every major OS and distribution. So there's one external dependency that is trivially installed, and many packages have similar requirements.
- stuaxo 11y agoThat's fine. I only use things I can install using on a virtualenv using pip. For personal projects I'll use workarounds to make things not on pypi work, but don't trust it enough to for work projects.