[Buildroot] [PATCH] Add download helper for PyPi
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Sun Jan 3 21:33:03 UTC 2016
>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> writes:
> On 02-01-16 21:22, Yegor Yefremov wrote:
>> PyPi has following URL structure:
>>
>> https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/{first pkg name char}/{pkg name}
>>
>> User only needs to pass package name to the helper. The helper itself
>> extracts the first package name character and inserts it into download URL
>> together with package name.
>>
>> Usage example:
>>
>> PYTHON_SIX_SITE = $(call pypi,six)
> The reason we introduced this variable for github was that github had changed
> the direct URL a few times. For pypi, there is no such problem.
> In general, we prefer to keep things explicit, even if that is more verbose.
> The $(call pypi,six) is nice and terse, but it makes it more difficult to
> copy/paste the URL in your browser for instance.
> In short, I'm not too fond of this new helper.
I agree, if it doesn't buy us anything besides a little bit of typing
then I also prefer to stay explicit.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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