Add dependencies to setup.py and select loky as default backend. (#17)

Author: tobiasraabe

.conda/meta.yaml

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ requirements:
     - python >=3.6
     - cloudpickle
     - pytask >=0.0.11
+    - loky
 
 test:
   requires:

CHANGES.rst

@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ all releases are available on `PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/pytask-parallel>`_
 `Anaconda.org <https://anaconda.org/pytask/pytask-parallel>`_.
 
 
-0.0.7 - 2021-xx-xx
+0.0.7 - 2021-03-04
 ------------------
 
 - :gh:`14` fixes some post-release issues.
+- :gh:`16` add dependencies to ``setup.py`` and changes the default backend to ``loky``.
 
 
 0.0.6 - 2021-02-27

MANIFEST.in

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-include versioneer.py
-include src/pytask_parallel/_version.py
-include LICENSE
+prune .conda
+prune tests
 
 exclude *.rst
 exclude *.yaml
 exclude *.yml
 exclude tox.ini
 
-prune .conda
-prune tests
+include README.rst
+include LICENSE
+include versioneer.py
+include src/pytask_parallel/_version.py

README.rst

@@ -52,18 +52,12 @@ pytask-parallel is available on `PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/pytask-parallel>
     $ conda config --add channels conda-forge --add channels pytask
     $ conda install pytask-parallel
 
-The plugin uses the ``ProcessPoolExecutor`` or ``ThreadPoolExecutor`` in the
-`concurrent.futures <https://docs.python.org/3/library/concurrent.futures.html>`_ module
-to execute tasks asynchronously. By default, processes are used for parallelization.
+By default, the plugin uses a robust implementation of the ``ProcessPoolExecutor`` from
+``loky``.
 
-It is also possible to install ``loky`` with
-
-.. code-block:: console
-
-    $ conda install -c conda-forge loky
-
-which is a more robust implementation of the ``ProcessPoolExecutor`` and the default
-backend if installed.
+It is also possible to select the ``ProcessPoolExecutor`` or ``ThreadPoolExecutor`` in
+the `concurrent.futures <https://docs.python.org/3/library/concurrent.futures.html>`_
+module as backends to execute tasks asynchronously.
 
 
 Usage
@@ -101,7 +95,7 @@ You can also set the options in one of the configuration files (``pytask.ini``,
 
     [pytask]
     n_workers = 1
-    parallel_backend = processes  # or loky if installed.
+    parallel_backend = loky  # or processes or threads
 
 
 Changes

setup.py

@@ -39,9 +39,15 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
     ],
+    install_requires=[
+        "pytask >= 0.0.11",
+        "cloudpickle",
+        "loky",
+    ],
     platforms="any",
     packages=find_packages(where="src"),
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     entry_points={"pytask": ["pytask_parallel = pytask_parallel.plugin"]},
+    include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
 )