Description
Feature request.
When using circup to install a library, it also installs all of the dependencies. That is usually the correct thing to do, but when those dependencies are frozen, it wastes space.
suggestion: add a flag, or make it the default, to exclude frozen dependencies during installs. They should be shown as already installed.
Variation. If installing with --py, frozen library dependencies might be desired.
suggestion: add a flag to install frozen dependencies when --py is used.
suggestion: when installing source (--py) for frozen libraries have a flag to override the target folder. Putting them in the root folder instead of lib would let them be found before the frozen version.
Putting them in a user specified folder would allow access control by manipulating sys.path. Something like '/debug', '/unfrozen', or '/thawed'.
Some extra documentation (circup --help) about interaction with frozen libraries could be a good idea.
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On discord in help-with-circuitpython
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This arose when using
circup install --py adafruit_pyportalthen trying to add debug prints to the imported dependence libraries. Some worked, some didn't because they were frozen, but there was no indication that was the problem.