[MESOS-7310] Implement a separate python client library for the new cli

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Done
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0
• Component/s: cli
• Assignee: Eric Chung
• Reporter: Eric Chung
• Shepherd: Kevin Klues
• Created: 24/Mar/17 23:14
• Updated: 07/Feb/18 15:16
• Resolved: 07/Feb/18 15:16

Description

cli_new in its current form is very difficult to package due to the following reasons:
1. src/cli_new/lib/mesos imports plugins using relative imports, which fails if it is built into a pip package
2. there is no setup.py script which defines what should be installed
3. plugins/tests are unnecessarily included in the package, which are things consumers of the package shouldn’t be able to import

having such a package will allow external consumers to be able to add application-specific wrappers on it, e.g. integration with ACL libraries of their choice.

The plan as discussed will create a `mesos` package under `src/python/lib`, potentially including a `setup.py` for building the package into a PyPI package.

Issue Links

• is related to: MESOS-5676 A full redesign of the Mesos CLI