pip install of synapse with a custom package mirror fails if setuptools_scm not already installed

[michaelkaye]

when attempting to run:
venv/bin/pip install -i https://python-pypi-mirror/ synapse

on a blank virtualenv, we attempt to install the dependencies via the python-pypi-mirror, including signedjson

However, the change to setup.py to require setuptools_scm causes a failure as it attempts to download setuptools_scm directly from pypi rather than via the mirror.

This can be worked around by pip install -i https://python-pypi-mirror/ setuptools_scm in the virtualenv before installing synapse, but it would be preferred if when pip installs this as a dependency, it inherited the custom package url.

This is only a problem on new installations - existing installations will likely be fine as they already have this installed.

[richvdh]

this is a hard thing to fix. Can you make use of https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/reference/pip_install/#controlling-setup-requires ?