On Thu, 26 Apr 2007, Nikolay Sturm wrote:
> * Damien Miller [2007-04-26]:
> > At present it is not possible to install Python modules for more than
> > one version of Python concurrently. A simple way around this would be
> > to embed MODPY_VERSION (or some modified form thereof) into PKGNAME.
> > For example "py-flowd-0.9-py2.4" or something like "py24-flowd-0.9".
>
> This will result in tons of conflicts, complicating issues for porters
> of python modules. You should provide some very strong reason why this
> extension would be useful and worth the hassle.
I think it would make life more simple for module porters. Right now, it
is very painful to test a module with multiple Python versions if it has
dependencies. For much the same reason, you can really screw yourself if
you install a newer version of Python and forget to blow away all of your
old modules.
Most Python modules install under /usr/local/lib/python${MODPY_VERSION}
anyway, so they are fully capable of existing in parallel.
-d
