Hi,
tracking the commit log I have noticed for Windows there was added a new
feature which is very interesting and can also be useful for other
platforms.
If I read it right it supports adding a sys.path text file near the
executable to specify the Python sys.path variable and overwriting the
default behavior.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/03517dd54977
This change is only for Windows (if I read right). But I think it is
thus valuable to add this in common as general rule. This also
simplifies and unifies virtual environment creating and standalone
redistribution.
Also I have one remaining question, is the "*.pth" file handling then
disabled by this feature?
If yes, can this be a problem in a virtual environment if a package uses
a pth file installed in the virtual environment site-packages directory?
Overall I think this is a great addition and the start to unify sys.path
handling. And a good feature for redistribution of a Python interpreter
without an installation. (Embedding, virtual environments, fat virtual
environments, ...)
Regards,
Wolfgang
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