On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 9:54 PM Robert Kern <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 3:50 PM Ralf Gommers <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 10:39 PM Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Could numpy include a variant (I'm not sure what setuptools calls
>>> this) so that 'pip install numpy[tests]' installs those extra
>>> dependencies?
>>>
>>
>> I'd prefer not to, those things aren't great for maintenance/testing, and
>> if you have to read the docs to know how to spell `numpy[tests]` you may
>> just as well write it `pip install numpy pytest hypothesis`. There's also
>> no one set of extra dependencies people will want - what about running
>> benchmarks, optional test dependencies, etc.?
>>
>
> I think Bennet's request to add this to the `long_description` that shows
> up on PyPI is eminently reasonable, though.
>

Yes I agree. We should fix the description in the main README (hypothesis
is missing there), and then sync the README content to `long_description`.

Ralf


> >> If adding them as dependencies seems to heavy weight, or is otherwised
>>> >> deemed undesirable, perhaps just a note in the Project Description at
>>> >> https://pypi.org/project/numpy/ to say that, if you want to run
>>> tests,
>>> >> those two packages will be needed?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,    -- bennet
>>
>>
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