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update buildpack links in readme
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ZachGlassman committed Jul 20, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ A [finished example](https://lemurian.herokuapp.com) that demonstrates some basi
- There is some boilerplate HTML in `templates/`
- Create Heroku application with `heroku create <app_name>` or leave blank to
auto-generate a name.
- (Suggested) Use the [conda buildpack](https://github.com/kennethreitz/conda-buildpack).
- (Suggested) Use the [conda buildpack](https://github.com/thedataincubator/conda-buildpack).
If you choose not to, put all requirements into `requirements.txt`

`heroku config:add BUILDPACK_URL=https://github.com/kennethreitz/conda-buildpack.git`
`heroku config:add BUILDPACK_URL=https://github.com/thedataincubator/conda-buildpack.git#py3`

The advantages of conda include easier virtual environment management and fast package installation from binaries (as compared to the compilation that pip-installed packages sometimes require).
One disadvantage is that binaries take up a lot of memory, and the slug pushed to Heroku is limited to 300 MB. Another note is that the conda buildpack is being deprecated in favor of a Docker solution (see [docker branch](https://github.com/thedataincubator/flask-framework/tree/docker) of this repo for an example).
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