pippy 0.1.0

Local Package Storage

By default pippy stores all of the packages in ~/.pippy. To change this directory just change the environment variable PIPPY_CACHE to point to the desired directory. The folder structure for the storage is this:

~/.pippy
    packages/
        source/ # <- stores the sources for packages
            package-name/
                .. tons of zips/tars ..
            package-name/
            package-name/
        cpython/ # <- stores builds for cpython
            2.5/    # <- stores builds for python 2.5
                package-name/
                    .. tons of tars ..
            2.6/    # <- for python 2.6
            ... more python versions ...
        pypy/ # <- stores builds for pypy
        ... more implementations ...

The CLI currently only accepts one argument, a pip requirements file:

pippy [requirementsfile]

It is highly suggested that the requirements file use only exact specifications for the requirements.

Further Development

Eventually, pippy will provide almost the same commands as pip, plus some additional commands for managing the installed packages.

Known Issues

These issues will be rectified as soon as possible

• Doesn’t adequately support custom package indexes. It’ll work, but it’s use is highly discouraged at this time.

• Isn’t known to work with Windows