A very small enhancement to allow people to just directly run from the git repository

[johan-boule]

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Since python doesn't require compilation before you can run it, it would make sense to make a very small adjustment in your git repository so that you can start the program directly. Currently, the startup script in the bin directory fails to find the module directory that's at the root of the repository. It's very easy to fix, but requires someone to know a bit about Python. Or you need to know that you can actually directly run youtube_dl/main.py, which again, is easy if you know a bit about Python, and actually reveals that it's only a matter of documentation (prolly put the the README, huh, there are two README files, btw). My point is many users will want to just clone the git repository and use it as a simple way to keep the software up-to-date. I see no reason of going through very Python-specific ways of compiling or installing something that doesn't require any of that by the virtue of Python being designed exactly for that :)

[dstftw]

Did you even read FAQ?

[johan-boule]

Ok I see what you mean on the FAQ. That's not the way I asked the same question, because the binary file in the tarballs is a big no to me. The answer is related since it somehow reveals that this process can be bypassed altogether with __main__.py May I propose a pull request with a clarification of that question ?On Jun 3, 2018 15:18, "Sergey M." <notifications@github.com> wrote:Did you even read FAQ? —You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[johan-boule]

I'm offering to improve the FAQ if you are kind enough to reopened this ticket, which as I explained earlier, it not a duplicate.On Jun 3, 2018 15:19, "Sergey M." <notifications@github.com> wrote:Closed #16625. —You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or mute the thread.

[johan-boule]

I give up.