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authorJeff Forcier <jeff@bitprophet.org>2019-10-08 11:29:38 -0400
committerJeff Forcier <jeff@bitprophet.org>2019-12-02 14:59:49 -0500
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Add additional setuptools extras_require flavors
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@@ -22,15 +22,28 @@ via `pip <http://pip-installer.org>`_::
We currently support **Python 2.7, 3.4+, and PyPy**. Users on Python 2.6 or
older (or 3.3 or older) are urged to upgrade.
-Paramiko has only a few direct dependencies:
+Paramiko has only a few **direct dependencies**:
- The big one, with its own sub-dependencies, is Cryptography; see :ref:`its
- specific note below <cryptography>` for more details.
+ specific note below <cryptography>` for more details;
- `bcrypt <https://pypi.org/project/bcrypt/>`_, for Ed25519 key support;
- `pynacl <https://pypi.org/project/PyNaCl/>`_, also for Ed25519 key support.
-If you need GSS-API / SSPI support, see :ref:`the below subsection on it
-<gssapi>` for details on its optional dependencies.
+There are also a number of **optional dependencies** you may install using
+`setuptools 'extras'
+<https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#installing-setuptools-extras>`_:
+
+.. TODO 3.0: tweak the ed25519 line to remove the caveat
+
+- If you want all optional dependencies at once, use ``paramiko[everything]``.
+- For GSS-API / SSPI support, use ``paramiko[gssapi]``, though also see
+ :ref:`the below subsection on it <gssapi>` for details.
+- ``paramiko[ed25519]`` references the dependencies for Ed25519 key support.
+
+ - As of Paramiko 2.x this doesn't technically do anything, as those
+ dependencies are core installation requirements.
+ - However, you should use this for forwards compatibility; 3.0 will drop
+ those dependencies from core, leaving them purely optional.
.. _release-lines:
@@ -116,6 +129,9 @@ optional Python package requirements by changing your installation to refer to
(Or update your ``requirements.txt``, or etc.)
+
+.. TODO: just axe this once legacy gssapi support is gone, no point reiterating
+
Manual dependency installation
------------------------------