pynflate

Pure Python implementation of Deflate data compression algorithm.

Development

Development environment bootstrapping

You need only virtualenv to start developing:

virtualenv --python=python3 venv
. venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements_develop.txt
pip install -e .

pytest

Dependency management

For the development needs, there are two requirement files in the project's root directory:

• requirements_test.txt contains all the dependencies needed to run the unit tests;
• requirements_develop.txt contains the testing dependencies and all the additional tools used in the development process.

The requirement files mentioned above are not intended for manual editing. Instead they are managed using pip-tools. The process of updating the requirements is as follows:

1. Add, remove or update a dependency in one of the reqs_*.dep files:
   • Update reqs_install.dep if the dependency is needed for the regular installation by the end user;
   • Update reqs_test.dep if the dependency is needed to run the unit tests but is not necessary for the regular installation;
   • Update reqs_develop.dep if the dependency is not in one of the previous categories.
2. Generate the requirements file running pip-compile. The exact command is documented in the beginning of each requirements_*.txt file.
3. Consider running pip-sync requirements_develop.txt to update the development virtualenv.

Notice that there is no need to edit setup.py - it will pull the dependencies by itself from reqs_install.dep.

References

• DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3
• An Explanation of the Deflate Algorithm
• LZ77 Specification