Application vs Library for SDK-based packages

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Migrated from GitLab: https://gitlab.com/meltano/sdk/-/issues/278

Originally created by @edgarrmondragon on 2021-11-23 18:03:35

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I want to start the conversation around our (recommended) packaging strategy for SDK-based taps and targets.

A recent conversation in Slack revealed that installing SDK-based taps (e.g. pipx install git+https://github.com/MeltanoLabs/tap-github.git) references the specified dependency versions in pyproject.toml and completely ignores the pinned versions in poetry.lock.

The most relevant discussions around using Poetry to distribute end-user Python applications (like Singer Taps) is happening here and in this PR.

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[edgarrmondragon]

Still relevant. It's probably worth recommending in the connector developer docs to pin minor versions for tap and target dependencies.

[edgarrmondragon]

Recently @WillDaSilva pointed me to https://github.com/spoorn/poeblix