Summary

Add support for .local-packages to the Djblets build backend.

Review Request #14678 — Created Nov. 6, 2025 and submitted Nov. 7, 2025, 7:30 a.m.

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Owner

david

Repository

Djblets

Branch

release-5.x

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djblets

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Description

When setting up editable installs that depend (at build time) on other
editable installs, we need to be able to munge the dependency list to
avoid building against previously released versions of things. Review
Board's build-backend.py supports a .local-packages directory that can
contain symlinks to other source trees, but Djblets didn't. This change
ports that support over.

Testing Done

Did an editable install of Djblets with an editable install of typelets.

Commits

Summary	ID
Add support for .local-packages to the Djblets build backend. When setting up editable installs that depend (at build time) on other editable installs, we need to be able to munge the dependency list to avoid building against previously released versions of things. Review Board's build-backend.py supports a `.local-packages` directory that can contain symlinks to other source trees, but Djblets didn't. This change ports that support over. Testing Done: Did an editable install of Djblets with an editable install of typelets.	zvypvznvvrxxxpuzuyosummrvqmomnos

Summary

Add support for .local-packages to the Djblets build backend.

When setting up editable installs that depend (at build time) on other editable installs, we need to be able to munge the dependency list to avoid building against previously released versions of things. Review Board's build-backend.py supports a `.local-packages` directory that can contain symlinks to other source trees, but Djblets didn't. This change ports that support over. Testing Done: Did an editable install of Djblets with an editable install of typelets.

zvypvznvvrxxxpuzuyosummrvqmomnos

Issues

Description	From	Last Updated
too many blank lines (2) Column: 5 Error code: E303	reviewbot	Nov. 6, 2025, 5:46 p.m.

flake8 failed.

JSHint passed.

flake8

build-backend.py (Diff revision 1)
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too many blank lines (2)

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Error code: E303
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Commits:

	Summary	ID
	Add support for .local-packages to the Djblets build backend. When setting up editable installs that depend (at build time) on other editable installs, we need to be able to munge the dependency list to avoid building against previously released versions of things. Review Board's build-backend.py supports a `.local-packages` directory that can contain symlinks to other source trees, but Djblets didn't. This change ports that support over. Testing Done: Did an editable install of Djblets with an editable install of typelets.	zvypvznvvrxxxpuzuyosummrvqmomnos
	Add support for .local-packages to the Djblets build backend. When setting up editable installs that depend (at build time) on other editable installs, we need to be able to munge the dependency list to avoid building against previously released versions of things. Review Board's build-backend.py supports a `.local-packages` directory that can contain symlinks to other source trees, but Djblets didn't. This change ports that support over. Testing Done: Did an editable install of Djblets with an editable install of typelets.	zvypvznvvrxxxpuzuyosummrvqmomnos

Diff:

Revision 2 (+250 -94)

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	.gitignore
	build-backend.py
	djblets/dependencies.py

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JSHint passed.

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Status:: Completed
Change Summary:: Pushed to release-5.x (35a9f2f)

build-backend.py (Diff revision 1)