Re: [BuildStream] Proposal: More development snapshots, more often

[Chandan Singh <chandan chandansingh net>]

Hi all,

Quick status update on PyPI release.

I have just published the development snapshot releases 1.91.0 and
1.91.1 on PyPI. The version names on PyPI are `1.91.0-dev0` and
`1.91.1-dev0` respectively.

These were published as developmental releases, and as such will NOT
be installed by default when running `pip install`. Similarly, if you
visit https://pypi.org/project/BuildStream, the default version will
still be 1.4.x. These releases are only visible if you go to the
"Release History" tab.

To install such releases, you can pass `--pre` flag to pip, like `pip
install --pre buildstream`. Alternatively, you can also specify the
exact version like so: `pip install buildstream==1.91.1-dev0`. More
information on this can be found at
https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_install/#pre-release-versions.

Making these releases avaiable on PyPI will probably be most useful in
configuring test environments for external plugin repositories.

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Note for maintainers: Correctly marking these releases as
developmental requires messing around slightly with git tags. I'll
look into automating this at some point. In the meantime, let me know
if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Chandan