[python-daemon-Bugs][314956] docutils shouldn't be required for install

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python-daemon-Bugs item #314956 was changed at 2015-02-03 05:53 by Ben Finney
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Status: Open
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Bruce Frederiksen (dangyogi-guest)
Assigned to: Nobody (None)
>Summary: docutils shouldn't be required for install 


Initial Comment:
I'm trying to install python-daemon on an embedded device. docutils is listed as an install requirement, but it is not used within the files included in the wheel.

Could you remove docutils as a requirement?


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>Comment By: Ben Finney (bignose-guest)
Date: 2015-02-03 05:53

Message:
Removing Docutils from the ‘install_requires’ is a desirable change. Docutils is a build requirement for the distribution, but not an install requirement.

It is added to ‘install_requires’ because some actions of Setuptools do not distinguish clearly between a build requirement versus an install requirement.

When it can be guaranteed that all Setuptools actions for the package will work without specifying Docutils in ‘install_requires’, it can be removed.

I welcome suggested patches (with unit tests!) that remove this requirement without losing any existing functionality from Setuptools actions.


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