{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/pip/issues/2472","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/pip/issues/2472/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/pip/issues/2472/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/pip/issues/2472/events","html_url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/2472","id":59698965,"number":2472,"title":"pip install -U might reinstall same version of package","user":{"login":"remram44","id":426784,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/426784?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44","html_url":"https://github.com/remram44","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":21,"created_at":"2015-03-03T20:16:42Z","updated_at":"2015-03-07T21:43:04Z","closed_at":null,"body":"My project consists of several Python packages that depend on each other: `pkgA`, and `pkgB` that depends on `pkgA`.\r\n\r\nI install pkgA with `pip install -U -e ./pkgA`\r\n\r\nThen I install pkgB with `pip install -U -e ./pkgB`. Doing that, pip removes pkgA, downloads one from pypi (the exact same version that was installed) and installs it. Then I lose half an hour trying to figure out things in a broken dev environment.\r\n\r\nI'm going back to running `setup.py develop` because setuptools work, but it sounds like something you might want to know."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/pip/issues/comments/77711966","html_url":"https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/2472#issuecomment-77711966","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/pypa/pip/issues/2472","id":77711966,"user":{"login":"remram44","id":426784,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/426784?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44","html_url":"https://github.com/remram44","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/remram44/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-07T21:43:04Z","updated_at":"2015-03-07T21:43:04Z","body":"Do that, I probably won't lose any more time arguing with the pip team again. (do check out #1829 someday though)"}}