warn against sorting requirements

Change-Id: I64ae9191863564e278a35d42ec9cd743a233028e
Closes-Bug: 1365061

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4b302a30da9759828d8350fe71d4a4dffb708e2b..a97049f436132cb857ad0fa4c3ba1dbb88014938 100644 (file)
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
+# of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
+# process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
+
 pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 anyjson>=0.3.3
 argparse

diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5f20bd4792b3eb89d061aafa406937673becc3c0..30bada4a9f1f416b65624d124987812c7879aa80 100644 (file)
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
+# of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
+# process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
+
 # Install bounded pep8/pyflakes first, then let flake8 install
 hacking>=0.9.2,<0.10
 coverage>=3.6