docs: local vs remote host

[guettli]

http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.7/index.html#installation

I think the above installation instruction should be split:

• Requirements on the local host
• Requirements on the remote host.

The docs should answer this questions: Do I need to install python, bash, fabric, paramiko, ... on the remote host?

[JensRantil]

Requirements on the local host: The first sentence on the documentation frontpage states

Fabric is a Python (2.5 or higher)

That's it. Fabric depends on paramiko, but easy_install/pip will install that automagically as you install Fabric. I could also suggest having a look at virtualenv so you can test different Fabric versions and not bloat your global Python installation.

Requirements on the remote host: That it runs an SSH server such as OpenSSH and that it takes commands. That's it.

[guettli]

This was not a question, this was a kind hint that the documentation could be improved. Close the issue, if you don't care.

[bitprophet]

Thanks for the note, @guettli - I thought we mentioned this explicitly/visibly in the docs, but if not, I'll enhance the visibility as this comes up once in a while :)