django_bash_completion from pypi package install

[nekolny.brett@…]

I can't seem to get to django_bash_completion from a pypi package install of Django. I believe this is due to not including the package for "extras". Additionally, if django_bash_completion was added as an explicit script, it would be placed in the $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/ folder for easier use.

[nekolny.brett@…]

django_bash_completion packaging

[Aymeric Augustin]

I don't think installing django_bash_completion on $PATH is a good idea. That would break dja<tab> in the shell because the autocompletion would become ambiguous: django-admin.py or django_bash_completion? And lots of people have trained their fingers to type dja<tab> :)

extras is a weird place where we put stuff that we want to keep in the repository but not ship in the packages. If you'd like to brainstorm about the best way to ship this script, could you start a discussion on the DevelopersMailingList?

[nekolny.brett@…]

What about leaving it as an included package, but not putting it into the $PATH (not putting it in the list of "scripts" in setup.py). This way, it wouldn't disrupt the dja<tab>, but it would still be available in the virtualenv when pip installing Django?

I'd be happy to create a new patch if that was an acceptable solution.

[Aymeric Augustin]

I don't know much about packaging best-practices. Sorry for insisting, but can you write to the django-developers mailing list?

If a consensus is found on the mailing list, please reopen this ticket.