Op wo, 15-02-2006 te 11:23 -0800, schreef Bob Ippolito: > On Feb 15, 2006, at 4:49 AM, Jan Claeys wrote: > > > Op wo, 15-02-2006 te 14:00 +1300, schreef Greg Ewing: > >> I'm disappointed that the various Linux distributions > >> still don't seem to have caught onto the very simple > >> idea of *not* scattering files all over the place when > >> installing something.
> > Those directories might be mounted on entirely different hardware > > (even over a network), often with different characteristics (access speed, > > writeability, etc.). > > Huh? What does that have to do with anything? I've never seen a > system where /usr/include, /usr/lib, /usr/bin, etc. are not all on > the same mount. It's not really any different with OS X either. Paths like /etc, /var, /srv, /usr/include and /usr/share are good candidates to be on another mount than the bin & lib directories... BTW, Mac-style packages do exist for Linux too, if you prefer that. Look e.g. at Klik: <http://klik.atekon.de/> -- Jan Claeys _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
