Re: [PATCH v4 06/24] python: add VERSION file

2021-02-16 Thread Cleber Rosa
On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 01:58:38PM -0500, John Snow wrote: > Python infrastructure as it exists today is not capable reliably of > single-sourcing a package version from a parent directory. The authors > of pip are working to correct this, but as of today this is not possible. > > The problem is t

[PATCH v4 06/24] python: add VERSION file

2021-02-11 Thread John Snow
Python infrastructure as it exists today is not capable reliably of single-sourcing a package version from a parent directory. The authors of pip are working to correct this, but as of today this is not possible. The problem is that when using pip to build and install a python package, it copies f