Our package https://github.com/graphcore-research/gfloat would like to depend on mx, but currently has to include it in requirements.txt as a direct dependency:
# Requirements for tests
pytest
ml_dtypes
mx @ git+https://github.com/microsoft/microxcaling
Normally, I think this is a good idea - one knows exactly what code one is depending on, etc.
However, pypi says
Can't have direct dependency: mx@ git+https://github.com/microsoft/microxcaling ;
extra == "dev". See https://packaging.python.org/specifications/core-metadata for
more information.
And this seems hard to fix (see the "amusing side effect" at https://stackoverflow.com/a/54894359)
If microxscaling could be a PyPI package we would not need the direct dependency.
Our package https://github.com/graphcore-research/gfloat would like to depend on mx, but currently has to include it in requirements.txt as a direct dependency:
Normally, I think this is a good idea - one knows exactly what code one is depending on, etc.
However, pypi says
And this seems hard to fix (see the "amusing side effect" at https://stackoverflow.com/a/54894359)
If microxscaling could be a PyPI package we would not need the direct dependency.