sinfo prints version information for loaded modules in the current session, Python, and the OS.
Project description
sinfo
sinfo prints version information for loaded modules in the current session,
Python, the OS, and the CPU. It is designed as a minimum measure to increase
reproducibility and provides similar information as sessionInfo in R. The
name is shortened to encourage regular usage through reduced typing =)
Motivation
sinfo is particularly useful when conducting exploratory data analysis in
Jupyter Notebooks. Listing the version numbers of all loaded modules after
importing them is a simple way to ensure a minimum level of reproducibility
while requiring little additional effort. This practice is useful both when
revisiting notebooks and when sharing them with colleagues. sinfo is meant to
complement more robust practices such as frozen virtual environments,
containers, and binder Notebooks.
Installation
sinfo can be installed via pip install sinfo. It does not rely on a package
manager to find version numbers since it fetches them from the module's version
string. Its only dependency is stdlib_list, which is used to distinguish
between standard library and third party modules.
Usage
import math
import natsort
import numpy
import pandas
from sinfo import sinfo
sinfo()
Output:
natsort 5.3.3
numpy 1.15.2
pandas 0.23.4
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Python 3.6.8 |Anaconda custom (64-bit)| (default, Dec 30 2018, 01:22:34) [GCC 7.3.0]
Linux-4.20.1-arch1-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch
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Session information updated at 2019-02-03 02:31
The default behavior is to only print modules not in the standard library,
which is why the math module is omitted above (it can be included by
specifying print_std_lib=True). To see not only the explicitly imported
modules but also any dependencies they import, specify print_implicit=True.
See the docstring for complete parameter info.
Background
sinfo started as minor modifications of py_session, and as it grew it
became convenient to create a new package. sinfo was built with the help of
information provided in stackoverflow answers and existing similar packages,
including
