• 
      

    Remove SCM command line tool dependencies and stop upgrading pip/setuptools.

    Review Request #12718 — Created Nov. 10, 2022 and submitted

    Information

    Review Board
    release-4.0.x

    Reviewers

    We have some dependencies that are often problematic to install and not
    sufficient for some of our tests. Namely, Bazaar/Breezy and Mercurial.
    While these can install in a Python virtual environment, they still need
    to be installed system-wide for SSH-based tests. Having both installed
    can lead to inconsistent results. Because of this, it's better to just
    require installing them system-wide.

    We also no longer upgrade pip and setuptools. This used to be needed
    back when these were heavily transitioning to modern packaging
    capabilities in the Python 2 era. Nowadays they do more harm than good,
    particularly with some pip bugs that can remove incorrect versions of
    the pipX.Y scripts.

    Successfully installed packages in a brand-new development environment.

    Summary ID
    Remove SCM command line tool dependencies and stop upgrading pip/setuptools.
    We have some dependencies that are often problematic to install and not sufficient for some of our tests. Namely, Bazaar/Breezy and Mercurial. While these can install in a Python virtual environment, they still need to be installed system-wide for SSH-based tests. Having both installed can lead to inconsistent results. Because of this, it's better to just require installing them system-wide. We also no longer upgrade `pip` and `setuptools`. This used to be needed back when these were heavily transitioning to modern packaging capabilities in the Python 2 era. Nowadays they do more harm than good, particularly with some `pip` bugs that can remove incorrect versions of the `pipX.Y` scripts.
    d373cbf7fe74e8cfbd009779609183f9544bcedd
    david
    1. Ship It!
    2. 
        
    chipx86
    Review request changed
    Status:
    Completed
    Change Summary:
    Pushed to release-4.0.x (44f6991)