Managing multiple packages

Thu Nov 22 19:22:29 EST 2012

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 03:24:59PM -0600, Evan Driscoll wrote:
>> Suppose I have packages A-C. In addition to being modules in the Python
> sense, they are logically distinct, probably sit in different
> repositories, etc., so there's a directory layout like
>> [SNIP]
>> Finally, suppose that you're changing between editing all three modules.
>>> How do you deal with this?

I am using virtual environments and do a
python setup.py develop
on each package. This just creates a symbolic link to the package and
all edits show up immediately.
I have not come up with a good solution for tox, yet.
Hope this helps,
 Thomas.