Commit aef45e20 by Sébastien Eustace

Update README

parent 770981db
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### What about Pipenv?
In short: I do not like the CLI it provides, or some of the decisions made,
and I think we can do a better and more intuitive one.
and I think we can do a better and more intuitive one. Here are a few things
that I don't like.
Also it only solves partially one problem: dependency management while I wanted something more global
and accurate to manage Python projects with just one tool.
#### Dependency resolution
The `Pipfile` is just a replacement from `requirements.txt` but in the end you will still need to
The dependency resolution is erratic and will fail even is there is a solution. Let's take an example:
```bash
pipenv install oslo.utils==1.4.0
```
will fail with this error:
```text
Could not find a version that matches pbr!=0.7,!=2.1.0,<1.0,>=0.6,>=2.0.0
```
while Poetry will get you the right set of packages:
```bash
poetry add oslo.utils=1.4.0
```
results in :
```text
- Installing pytz (2018.3)
- Installing netifaces (0.10.6)
- Installing netaddr (0.7.19)
- Installing oslo.i18n (2.1.0)
- Installing iso8601 (0.1.12)
- Installing six (1.11.0)
- Installing babel (2.5.3)
- Installing pbr (0.11.1)
- Installing oslo.utils (1.4.0)
```
#### Pipfile.lock and environment markers
The Pipfile.lock file holds information about the environment in which
it has been generated. This is a bad design decision since in teams where
each member has a different environment, the diff will always include
this changes.
#### Install command
When you specify a package to the `install` command it will add it as a wildcard
dependency. This means that **any** version of this package can be installed which
can lead to compatibility issues.
Also, you have to explicitely tell it to not update the locked packages when you
installed new ones. This should be the default.
#### Remove command
The `remove` command will only remove the package specified but not its dependencies
if they are no longer needed.
You either have to use `sync` or `clean` to fix that.
Finally, the `Pipfile` is just a replacement from `requirements.txt` but in the end you will still need to
populate your `setup.py` file (or `setup.cfg`) with the exact same dependencies you declared in your `Pipfile`.
So, in the end, you will still need to manage a few configuration files to properly setup your project.
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