Implement dependency_links feature, courtesy of Tres Seaver's rough

draft of a patch.

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branch : setuptools
extra : convert_revision : svn%3A6015fed2-1504-0410-9fe1-9d1591cc4771/sandbox/trunk/setuptools%4043423

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/setuptools.txt b/setuptools.txt
index a19aff6c..b24dc93c 100755
--- a/setuptools.txt
+++ b/setuptools.txt
@@ -319,6 +319,13 @@ unless you need the associated ``setuptools`` feature.
     when the setup script is run, you should add them to ``install_requires``
     **and** ``setup_requires``.)
 
+``dependency_links``
+    A list of strings naming URLs to be searched when satisfying dependencies.
+    These links will be used if needed to install packages specified by
+    ``setup_requires`` or ``tests_require``.  They will also be written into
+    the egg's metadata for use by tools like EasyInstall to use when installing
+    an ``.egg`` file.
+
 ``namespace_packages``
     A list of strings naming the project's "namespace packages".  A namespace
     package is a package that may be split across multiple project
@@ -2359,6 +2366,8 @@ Release Notes/Change History
 ----------------------------
 
 0.6a11
+ * Added ``dependency_links`` to allow specifying URLs for ``--find-links``.
+
  * Enhanced test loader to scan packages as well as modules, and call
    ``additional_tests()`` if present to get non-unittest tests.