python-vendorize

python-vendorize allows pure-Python dependencies to be vendorized: that is, the Python source of the dependency is copied into your own package. Best used for small, pure-Python dependencies to avoid version conflicts when other packages require a different version of the same dependency.

Dependencies you want vendorizing should be specified in vendorize.ini. In the vendorize section, the target option describes where vendorized dependencies should be placed. Each dependency should have its own section named require:${REQUIREMENT}. $REQUIREMENT can be anything that pip would understand, such as a package name, a package name with version constraints or an URL. Dependencies can then be vendorized using python-vendorize.

For instance, suppose I want to vendorize six so it can be used from the package hello. The directory structure would be something like:

- hello
  - __init__.py
- setup.py
- vendorize.ini

vendorize.ini might look something like:

[vendorize]
target=hello/_vendor
[require:six]

I can then run python-vendorize in the same directory as vendorize.ini. The directory structure would then be something like:

- hello
  - _vendor
    - six.dist-info
      - ...
    - __init__.py
    - six.py
  - __init__.py
- setup.py
- vendorize.ini

In hello/__init__.py, six can be imported from _vendor:

from ._vendor import six

pip install vendorize