zulip/zulip-terminal

Check if a user's package versions are consistent with those specified in requirements

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#545 opened on Mar 17, 2020

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Description

Users running the development version of the app might have outdated packages if the packages are upgraded in subsequent commits. While starting up, ZT should check if the package versions are the same, and display a warning/error if there's some mismatch between the installed and required versions.

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Research direction
Investigate how to parse the requirements.txt or setup.cfg to get expected package versions, then compare with installed versions using importlib.metadata or pkg resources at startup. Display a warning if mismatches are found.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
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Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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Python
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70