Re: Python package importer for BuildStream

[Jim MacArthur <jim macarthur codethink co uk>]

On 13/02/18 16:24, Mathieu Bridon wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> You could make it use `kind: pip` and just remove you install-commands.
> For example, for something without dependencies, the following should
> be enough:
>
> ```
> kind: pip
>
> sources:
> - kind: zip
>    url: pypi:p/pytz/pytz-2017.2.zip
> ```
>
> Also, I defined the "pypi" alias in my project.conf:
>
> ```
> aliases:
>    pypi: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/
> ```
Excellent! I hadn't spotted the pip plugin until now - I'll modify my 
script so it uses it.