On Fri, Jun 03, 2005, Tres Seaver wrote: >I uploaded a set of packages last night which extend Python or Zope (in >ways similar to the 'perl-<foo>' packages). I have a couple of >questions about the work I did: > > - The Python add-ons just do the "simplest thing", which is to drop the > various artifacts into '<prefix>/lib/python/site-packages'. They do > not create package-specific directories under '<prefix>/lib'. > > An alternate approach would be to create such a directory, e.g. > '<prefix>/lib/python-<bar>', and then drop a 'bar.pth' file into > the 'site-packages' directory. > > - The Zope add-ons *do* create a package-specific lib directory, and > then symlink the actual Product directory from there into the > Zope "instance home" products directory, > '<prefix>/var/zope/Products'. > >The difference in approach is due to the fact that I just used Python's >distutils support to install the Python add-ons, whereas I was following >my earlier model (from the 'zope-cmf' package) for the Zope add-ons. >Which approach fits better with the OpenPkg way?
I think that your current approach is correct, and parallels the various perl packages (e.g. perl-www) which put their components in the same place that a normal CPAN install would. Adding ``python-'' in front of the component names would require fiddling python source, or at least adding something to the module search path. Given that I'm doing most of my development now in python after using perl since version 3.x, I would like to see python packaging similar to the perl (e.g. python-www, python-mail, etc.) that group related add-ons that aren't included in the base python. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation. -- Johnny Hart ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org Developer Communication List openpkg-dev@openpkg.org
