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open-mmlab · Jul 3, 2023 · f196fe9 · f196fe9
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ def parse_line(line):
                     info['version'] = (op, version)
 
             if is_running_on_colab() and info['package'] == 'xtcocotools':
+                # Due to an incompatibility between the Colab platform and the
+                # pre-built xtcocotools PyPI package, it is necessary to
+                # compile xtcocotools from source on Colab. Therefore, we use
+                # the source code from the GitHub repository.
                 info = dict(
                     line=info['line'],
                     package='xtcocotools@'