Please do not cross-post to python-dev. This discussion has been taken to the distutils SIG.
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 17:59, David Lyon<david.l...@preisshare.net> wrote: > > Hi Tarek, > > What is needed is to remove/refactor the hardcoding of paths that > currently exists within distutils and replace it with the ability to > override the defaults via configuration files. (distutils.cfg?) > > If there's one thing that's certain for the future, its that > python will go onto more platforms. Using different paths. > > When people are complaining about paths being hard-coded into > distutils and it causing angst, I think that their complaints are > valid. > > I can find posts going back to 2004 for windows users complaining > about exactly the same thing. So it isn't a new issue. The problem > applies to both linux and windows. > > Anyway.. do you know the code that we're talking about? > > David > > > On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:02:03 +0200, Tarek Ziadé <ziade.ta...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Brett Cannon<br...@python.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:23, Jan Matejek <jan.mate...@novell.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm cross-posting this to distributi...@freedesktop and python-dev, >>>> because the topic is relevant to both groups and should be solved in >>>> cooperation. >>>> >>>> The issue: >>>> >>>> In Python's default configuration (on linux), both purelib (location > for >>>> pure python modules) and platlib (location for platform-dependent > binary >>>> extensions) point to $prefix/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages. >>>> That is no good for two main reasons. >>>> >>>> One, python depends on the "lib" directory. (from distro's point of >>>> view, prefix is /usr, so let's talk /usr/lib) Due to this, it's >>>> impossible to install python under /usr/lib64 without heavy patching. >>>> Repeated attempts to bring python developers to acknowledge and rectify >>>> the situation have all failed (common argument here is "that would mean >>>> redesign of distutils and huge parts of whatnot"). >>> >>> This is now Tarek's call, so this may or may not have changed in terms > of >>> what the (now) distutils maintainer thinks. >>> >> >> I don't recall those repeated attempts , but I've been around for less >> than two years. >> >> You are very welcome to come in the Distutils-SIG ML to discuss these >> matters. >> I'm moving the discussion there. >> >> Among the proposals you have detailed, the sharedir way seems like the >> most simple/interesting >> one (depending on you answer to Brett's question ) >> >> >> Regards >> Tarek > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/brett%40python.org > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
