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Feature request: activate extras in group dependencies
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Description
- I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate.
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Feature Request
Hello! I cannot believe someone did not ask it before, but I really couldn't find, so here is my question / feature question: is it possible to activate extra dependencies in groups?
To my knowledge, it seems like it is not possible, but I would love to see this feature (but maybe this is not possible due to how pip and Poetry are implemented).
Example
Let say a have some package with extras dependencies. I also have a test group, that must activate all extras since I want to test the main package with all its features.
[tool.poetry.dependencies]
a = "1"
b = {version = "1", optional = true}
[tool.poetry.extras]
extra-feature = ["b"]
[tool.poetry.group]
optional = true
[tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
pytest = "1"
b = "1"
Instead of duplicating all my extra dependencies, I'd love to just say that group test needs extra-feature.
For example:
[tool.poetry.dependencies]
a = "1"
b = {version = "1", optional = true}
[tool.poetry.extras]
extra-feature = ["b"]
[tool.poetry.group]
optional = true
extras = ["extra-feature"]
[tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
pytest = "1"
For people that know, Rust actually does that (extras are called features) very well.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing how Poetry represents dependency groups and extras, then inspect the related dependency-resolution and packaging tests. Compare the proposed group configuration with the existing TOML behavior and define how activating an extra through a group should affect resolution and installation. Done means the behavior is specified, implemented, and covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100