On: Starting a Django Project the Right Way

[irahul]

> I'm just suggesting that you really want to use a deploy system with proper dependency management.

Why not use pip(pip install -r reqs.txt)?

    def install_deps():
        local('pip install -r reqs.txt')

Or if you are talking system dependencies, use apt-get or yum or whatever comes with your system from within fabric.

[yummyfajitas → irahul]

Often installing a dependency involves more code:

    with in_tmp_dir():
        run('wget http://someserver/project_bleeding_edge.tar.gz')
        run('tar -xvzf project_bleeding_edge.tar.gz')
        run('./configure; make;')
        sudo('make install')
        put('conf/server.conf', 'server.conf')
        sudo('mv server.conf /etc/server.conf')

(I forget if in_tmp_dir is builtin, but if not it does exactly what it sounds like.)