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authorDean Troyer <dtroyer@gmail.com>2017-02-20 09:37:51 -0600
committerDean Troyer <dtroyer@gmail.com>2017-02-20 09:37:54 -0600
commit76c7ab5c85b6c9271664d2c9227cd7f7b785889a (patch)
treefb35fc5983a3d19b9d7ea4fed2e6529a505ca48f
parent98d5641ac5b99dc47cd72941b71303547f9e6054 (diff)
downloadpython-openstackclient-76c7ab5c85b6c9271664d2c9227cd7f7b785889a.tar.gz
Remove text about OSC as a plugin requirement
python-openstackclient should not be in a plugin's requirements.txt as it will pull in the OSC dependencies that may not be desirable. Change-Id: Id72745704ec70cab438e766dbac21a838fccb523
-rw-r--r--doc/source/plugins.rst11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/source/plugins.rst b/doc/source/plugins.rst
index eafe5e8f..054e552f 100644
--- a/doc/source/plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/source/plugins.rst
@@ -190,12 +190,15 @@ unit tests for the plugin commands:
Requirements
------------
-OSC must be included in ``requirements.txt`` or ``test-requirements.txt``
-for the plugin project. Update ``requirements.txt`` if the plugin project
-considers the CLI a required feature. Update ``test-requirements.txt`` if
-the plugin project can be installed as a library with the CLI being an
+OSC should be included in the plugin's ``test-requirements.txt`` if
+the plugin can be installed as a library with the CLI being an
optional feature (available when OSC is also installed).
+OSC should not appear in ``requirements.txt`` unless the plugin project
+wants OSC and all of its dependencies installed with it. This is
+specifically not a good idea for plugins that are also libraries
+installed with OpenStack services.
+
.. code-block:: ini
python-openstackclient>=X.Y.Z # Apache-2.0