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		philipn on July 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Setup.py vs requirements.txt You refer to dependency_links as a "misfeature," but I'm wondering why?

donaldstufft on July 23, 2013 [–]

Because it makes you depend on urls instead of abstract name/version requirements. easy_install does provide some tooling to get around it but in general it shouldn't be used.

philipn on July 23, 2013 | [–]

I guess this is where I'm confused. Isn't this the same as using the '-e' switch inside of a requirements.txt?

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