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charset=UTF-8", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "8bit", "X-Scanned-By": "MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.12", "Received-SPF": "pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=jsnow@redhat.com;\n helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com", "X-Spam_score_int": "-20", "X-Spam_score": "-2.1", "X-Spam_bar": "--", "X-Spam_report": "(-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001,\n DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1,\n RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001,\n RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001,\n SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no", "X-Spam_action": "no action", "X-BeenThere": "qemu-devel@nongnu.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.29", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "qemu development <qemu-devel.nongnu.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/options/qemu-devel>,\n <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel>", "List-Post": "<mailto:qemu-devel@nongnu.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel>,\n <mailto:qemu-devel-request@nongnu.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org", "Sender": "qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org" }, "content": "It is no longer simply possible to just use this directory as if it were\nan installed package now that it has dependencies, so update the README\nto reflect this.\n\nSigned-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>\nReviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>\nReviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>\n---\n python/README.rst | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------\n 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/python/README.rst b/python/README.rst\nindex d62e71528d2..ec5cb5e971b 100644\n--- a/python/README.rst\n+++ b/python/README.rst\n@@ -3,7 +3,17 @@ QEMU Python Tooling\n \n This directory houses Python tooling used by the QEMU project to build,\n configure, and test QEMU. It is organized by namespace (``qemu``), and\n-then by package (e.g. ``qemu/machine``, ``qemu/qmp``, etc).\n+then by package (e.g. ``qemu/machine``, ``qemu/utils``, etc).\n+\n+These tools and libraries are installed to the QEMU configure-time\n+Python virtual environment by default (see qemu.git/pythondeps.toml\n+\"tooling\" group), and are available for use by any Python script\n+executed by the build system. To have these libraries available for\n+manual invocations of scripts, use of the \"run\" script in your build\n+directory is recommended.\n+\n+General structure\n+-----------------\n \n ``setup.py`` is used by ``pip`` to install this tooling to the current\n environment. ``setup.cfg`` provides the packaging configuration used by\n@@ -20,9 +30,9 @@ environment. ``setup.cfg`` provides the packaging configuration used by\n \n If you append the ``--editable`` or ``-e`` argument to either invocation\n above, pip will install in \"editable\" mode. This installs the package as\n-a forwarder (\"qemu.egg-link\") that points to the source tree. In so\n-doing, the installed package always reflects the latest version in your\n-source tree.\n+a forwarder that points to the source tree. In so doing, the installed\n+package always reflects the latest version in your source tree. This is\n+the mode used to install these packages at configure time.\n \n Installing \".[devel]\" instead of \".\" will additionally pull in required\n packages for testing this package. They are not runtime requirements,\n@@ -40,8 +50,18 @@ for more information.\n Using these packages without installing them\n --------------------------------------------\n \n-These packages may be used without installing them first, by using one\n-of two tricks:\n+It is no longer recommended to try to use these packages without\n+installing them to a virtual environment, but depending on your use\n+case, it may still be possible to do.\n+\n+The \"qemu.qmp\" library is now hosted outside of the qemu.git repository,\n+and the \"qemu.machine\" library that remains in-tree here has qemu.qmp as\n+a dependency. It is possible to install \"qemu.qmp\" independently and\n+then use the rest of these packages without installing them, but be\n+advised that if future dependencies are introduced, bypassing the\n+installation phase may introduce breakages to your script in the future.\n+\n+That said, you can use these packages without installing them by either:\n \n 1. Set your PYTHONPATH environment variable to include this source\n directory, e.g. ``~/src/qemu/python``. See\n@@ -61,8 +81,26 @@ invoke them without installation, you can invoke e.g.:\n \n ``> PYTHONPATH=~/src/qemu/python python3 -m qemu.qmp.qmp_shell``\n \n+**It is strongly advised to just use the configure-time venv instead.**\n+After running configure, simply use the run script available in the QEMU\n+build directory:\n+\n+``> $builddir/run qmp-shell``\n+\n The mappings between console script name and python module path can be\n-found in ``setup.cfg``.\n+found in ``setup.cfg``, but the console scripts available are listed\n+here for reference:\n+\n+* ``qemu-ga-client``\n+* ``qmp-shell``\n+* ``qmp-shell-wrap``\n+* ``qmp-tui`` (prototype urwid interface for async QMP)\n+* ``qom``\n+* ``qom-fuse`` (requires fusepy to be installed!)\n+* ``qom-get``\n+* ``qom-list``\n+* ``qom-set``\n+* ``qom-tree``\n \n \n Files in this directory\n", "prefixes": [ "v7", "18/19" ] }