[Zope3-dev] Re: zope.i18n dependency in zope.configuration

[Tres Seaver]

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Fred Drake wrote:
> On 10/22/06, Baiju M <baiju.m.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
>> So any module imported should be added as a dependency.
>> Then, what about modules imported in test files (*.txt or test*.py
>> files) ?
> 
> Pretty much; there are cases where a package might import something
> conditionally in order to improve integration, but if it isn't
> available, the package as a whole can function just fine on its own.
> In those cases, no dependency should be recorded.
> 
> Ideally, dependencies of the implementation and the tests should be
> separated, but we've been treating them as one so far.  Moving to eggs
> should allow improvements along these lines.


Rkght:  we should record that using the "extra" features of eggs[1] (so
that the dependency is pulled in, but only if that feature is required).


[1] http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools


Tres
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