qemu/python/PACKAGE.rst
John Snow dbe75f5566 python: add devel package requirements to setuptools
setuptools doesn't have a formal understanding of development requires,
but it has an optional feataures section. Fine; add a "devel" feature
and add the requirements to it.

To avoid duplication, we can modify pipenv to install qemu[devel]
instead. This enables us to run invocations like "pip install -e
.[devel]" and test the package on bleeding-edge packages beyond those
specified in Pipfile.lock.

Importantly, this also allows us to install the qemu development
packages in a non-networked mode: `pip3 install --no-index -e .[devel]`
will now fail if the proper development dependencies are not already
met. This can be useful for automated build scripts where fetching
network packages may be undesirable.

Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Cleber Rosa <crosa@redhat.com>
Message-id: 20210527211715.394144-27-jsnow@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
2021-06-01 16:21:21 -04:00

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QEMU Python Tooling
===================
This package provides QEMU tooling used by the QEMU project to build,
configure, and test QEMU. It is not a fully-fledged SDK and it is subject
to change at any time.
Usage
-----
The ``qemu.qmp`` subpackage provides a library for communicating with
QMP servers. The ``qemu.machine`` subpackage offers rudimentary
facilities for launching and managing QEMU processes. Refer to each
package's documentation
(``>>> help(qemu.qmp)``, ``>>> help(qemu.machine)``)
for more information.
Contributing
------------
This package is maintained by John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com> as part of
the QEMU source tree. Contributions are welcome and follow the `QEMU
patch submission process
<https://wiki.qemu.org/Contribute/SubmitAPatch>`_, which involves
sending patches to the QEMU development mailing list.
John maintains a `GitLab staging branch
<https://gitlab.com/jsnow/qemu/-/tree/python>`_, and there is an
official `GitLab mirror <https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu>`_.
Please report bugs on the `QEMU issue tracker
<https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues>`_ and tag ``@jsnow`` in
the report.
Optional packages necessary for running code quality analysis for this
package can be installed with the optional dependency group "devel":
``pip install qemu[devel]``.