Hi,

I'm trying buildout but I'm having a hard time trying to understand the
logic of develop-egg.

I tested both mr.developer recepy and gp.csvdevelop and I stumbled on the
same problem, so I guess I'm misunderstanding something.

I want to add a development repository named jumbo-core that contains
several 1^ level packages (and a correct setup.py), one of which is 'jumbo',
I get to the point that:

  1. source is added to ./dev/jumbo-core

  2. an egg-link is added to develop-eggs/jumbo-core.egg-link pointing to
     the correct path where the hg repository is checked out, but that path
     is not added to the sys.path. My configuration is as follows::

      [buildout]
      develop = .
      parts = python scripts test ipython
      extensions = gp.vcsdevelop
      develop-dir = ./dev
      vcs-extend-develop = hg+${thunder:jumbonew}/jumbo-core#egg=jumbo-core

      [python]
      recipe = zc.recipe.egg
      interpreter = python
      eggs = lunar

Adding 'jumbo' to eggs directive raises the error: "Couldn't find index page
for 'jumbo' (maybe misspelled?)"

If I add dev/jumbo-core to develop option I get the message::

  Skipping 'hg+/misc/src/hg/thunder/jumbo-new/jumbo-core#egg=jumbo-core'. Package is already in the develop option

but dev/jumbo-core is not added to the sys.path.

Any hint is appreciated.

TIA
sandro
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The setup.py file defines a product name.  From the
name of the egg link you mention, I'm guessing that
the setup.py file in the current directory ('.') sets the
project name to 'jumbo-core'.

The egg recipe builds a script based on a list
of requirements as listed in the eggs option.
(Yeah, 'requirements' would have been a better
name...)  The requirements are typically just
project names, although they can also contain
version specifications.

If, as I suspect, the project name is 'jumbo-core', rather
than 'jumbo', then you need to add jumbo-core to your
eggs option (on a separate line).

Jim

Thanks Jim,

sandro
*:-)

PS: more questions in differente threads... ;-)

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