[Zope-dev] buildout 'versions' and 'develop' conflict

[Jim Fulton]

On Feb 23, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Christophe Combelles wrote:
> I don't have enough experience with all the use cases of buildout  
> and the develop-eggs, but at a first glance, I find it more logical  
> to give priority to 'develop':
> 'develop' is supposed to point to a real path containing a setup.py,  
> so when defining a develop-egg, you clearly indicate that you want  
> *that* path, whathever version this develop-egg defines.

That is the philosophy that buildout takes. That's why, when picking  
versions, buildout prefers develop eggs over newer non-develop eggs.   
However, buildout will only use a develop egg if it satisfies stated  
requirements.  As it stands today, specifying a version in a versions  
section is like stating a == requirement in a setup script or in a  
eggs option.

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation