On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:43:42 +0200, Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> That's true that they can be installed anywhere. But there always >> needs to be an entry in a .PTH file along the python path to >> specify where the files were installed to. > > You don't specify in this pth file that the package "foo" installed > the script "bar" > in the bin/ directory of your python installation.
But during package installation, this information will be written into a .PTH file somewhere along the python path... > There's no plan to provide the uninstall feature for old packages, > but to provide a new egg-info standard that can be used on previous > Python version. (and therefore the uninstall feature that goes with it) > but if you can't uninstall an older package from the system... then how can you install the newer version with all the new information.. this leaves the user quite stuck... >> Obviously.. there's ways around it... > > I don't see how, since there were no standard way back then to keep > track of installed files That's my point.... Having a system where new packages can be deinstalled and old packages cannot be deinstalled will be totally confusing for users. It will drive most users crazy - if you think about it. If you have a deinstallation facility, then it must work for new packages as well as old. Otherwise, imho there's just no point. David _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
