[QGIS-Developer] Fwd: External python package dependency in plugins

[matteo]

forwarding to the dev list


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Subject: 	Re: [QGIS-Developer] External python package dependency in plugins
Date: 	Fri, 21 Jun 2019 21:21:41 +0200
From: 	Olivier Dalang <olivier.dalang at gmail.com>
To: 	matteo <matteo.ghetta at gmail.com>



Hi,

Big +1 for this.

I think it should come with clear guidelines for devs though (esp. how
to correctly specify versions to avoid conflicting requirements with
unnecessary pins).

If we want to support this, what about using a requirements.txt file
rather than the metadata file?

It's more or less a standard which has some benefits such as automatic
vulnerability alerts or dependency graph on GitHub.

Cheers,

Olivier

On Fri, Jun 21, 2019, 09:34 matteo <matteo.ghetta at gmail.com
<mailto:matteo.ghetta at gmail.com>> wrote:

    Hi Tom,

    I totally agree. Having a nice way to install external packages would be
    a great addition.

    Some times ago I was involved in a project that needed external packages
    and we developed an "in house" prototype, but it was far from ideal

    Cheers

    Matteo
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