Re: [Python-Dev] version-specific PYTHONPATH env var

2007-03-09 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Anthony Baxter schrieb: What do people think about the idea of a version-specific PYTHONPATH environment variable? I agree with Guido. I normally need an application-specific PYTHONPATH, and I do that by editing the start script adding a sys.path.append into it (these days, Python applications

Re: [Python-Dev] version-specific PYTHONPATH env var

2007-03-09 Thread Ralf Schmitt
On 3/9/07, Anthony Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do people think about the idea of a version-specific PYTHONPATH environment variable? Something like PYTHON25PATH or the like. Reason I ask is that on our production systems, we have a couple of versions of Python being used by different

[Python-Dev] version-specific PYTHONPATH env var

2007-03-08 Thread Anthony Baxter
What do people think about the idea of a version-specific PYTHONPATH environment variable? Something like PYTHON25PATH or the like. Reason I ask is that on our production systems, we have a couple of versions of Python being used by different systems. Yes, yes, in a perfect world they'd be all

Re: [Python-Dev] version-specific PYTHONPATH env var

2007-03-08 Thread Guido van Rossum
I recommend not setting these variables at all, or to use wrapper scripts that set them instead. But there's probably some reason why you can't do that... On 3/8/07, Anthony Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do people think about the idea of a version-specific PYTHONPATH environment