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Recommend pip to install plugins
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https://docs.limnoria.net/develop/plugin_distribution.html#via-pip-pypi has been out for almost two years, it's time to:
- consider it stable
- migrate third-party plugins' install instructions to recommend it
- rewrite PluginDownloader to use pip instead of raw git clones when possible
- eventually deprecate PluginDownloader
Suggest suggesting/recommending:
- Running (limnoria) in virtual environments (vs system), showing also:
- How to inherit system site packages (to benefit from OS packages)
- Running pip as user (not root), if not using virtualenvs (to avoid polluting system site-packages
Basically a simple 'easy and best practice deployment' guide.
Running pip as user (not root), if not using virtualenvs (to avoid polluting system site-packages
Python took care of that one with PEP 668