Feature idea: extension to simplify Binder publishing (lab>git>binder)

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@choldgraf metadata would be one way to do it, but a few birds could be killed with one stone by having a gui form in the extension that helps the user define the environment. Most of it can be scraped with import os, platform

Does my notebook need these optional things:

  • Specific version of python.

    • Dropdown of #.#.# versions.
      • Default to platform.python_version()
      • Fetch Docker image via url for that Python version.
    • Skip over the weird scenarios like Python including/ excluding optional zlib for now.

  • Specific versions of packages.

    • Text box for path.
      • Default to pip freeze or conda list
        • if ('conda' in sys.version) or ('Continuum' in sys.version)

  • Specific OS.

    • Default to os.name or platform.version()
    • E.g. multiprocessing works differently on Windows.

  • Other Files.

    • [Do most people use raw.githubusercontent.com urls for this?]
    • Data Files
      • Text boxes for paths.
        • Default to everything w csv, parquet, hdf5 file extensions.
    • .py scripts