[git-buildpackage] [PATCH] setup.py: require dateutil

[Guido Günther]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 11:25:24AM -0600, Ken Dreyer wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Guido Günther <agx at sigxcpu.org> wrote:
> > Isn't using requirements.txt the right thing? We
> > have this since some time.
> 
> I don't see newer packages using requirements.txt, but I am not a
> Python expert :)
> 
> Here is the use-case I'm trying to support:
> 
> 1. Create and activate a fresh virtualenv
> 2. pip install gpb
> 3. gbp pq
> 
> Actual results:
>   'pq' is not a valid command.
> 
> Expected results:
>   gbp recognizes the pq command
> 
> The problem is that python-dateutil is not present in my virtualenv
> when I run "pip install gbp". It's the same when I run "python
> setup.py install" directly from Git. I'd expect that these commands
> would install the dependencies automatically.
> 
> When I run "pip install python-dateutil" by hand, it satisfies the
> dependency, and gbp recognizes the pq command.
> 
> I think switching from requirements.txt to install_requires would
> resolve this. What do you think?

This is such a mess compared to ruby. I've pushed a fix for this. Can
you check?
Cheers,
 -- Guido