Yo Fred! On Thu, 28 Sep 2017 19:25:06 -0700 (PDT) Fred Wright via devel <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> Interestingly enough, this last paragraph is both completely
> irrelevant to the issue at hand, and simultaneously gets to the crux
> of the matter. :-)
Always my intention .
> The whole issue being discussed here is the install location for
> *Python libraries*. Nothing else.
Clearly we are in parallel universes.
I was pretty sure that everyone agreed that today's installation
locations were agreeble to everyone.
If not, then please be specific on how today's default differs
from your desired location.
And /usr/lib is NOT an option if ntpd is in /usr/local/bin/
> Since the classic NTP package
> doesn't use Python at all, a conflict in this area is impossible.
And totally unrelated to anything I've said. So why do you bring it up?
> *However*, once distros start including ntpsec instead of classic
> ntpd, this sort of conflict will become possible, and FHS compliance
> will matter.
Already happened. So, we agree, FHS compliance, to keep system
and local copies apart is a valid goal?
> > Before someone rewrites get_python_lib() we better agree on what it
> > should do. I suspect the solution will require much more than just
> > changes to get_python_lib().
>
> Agreed.
Good. Next?
RGDS
GARY
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