On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 12:48 PM Miro Hrončok via python-devel
<python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
> On 06. 12. 24 18:31, Neal Gompa via python-devel wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 12:04 PM Fabio Valentini via python-devel
> > <python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 7:03 PM Miro Hrončok via python-devel
> >> <python-devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello Pythonistas.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> tl;dr I wonder if we should get rid of the last downstream-only patch in
> >>> Fedora's Python,
> >>> the one responsible for /usr/local/lib(64)/python... installation 
> >>> location.
> >>> The removal would bring us closer to upstream, but perhaps cause a 
> >>> regression
> >>> for our users.
> >>> I propose to adapt PEP 668 (Marking Python base environments as 
> >>> “externally
> >>> managed”) instead.
> >>
> >> We shouldn't cater to ancient / broken tutorials and / or use cases
> >> that have always been "wrong" for all eternity, IMO.
> >> virtualenvs have existed in some shape or form for almost two decades
> >> (the venv module was added in Python 3.3 - in 2012!) - people should
> >> just use those.
> >>
> >> So I say "do it". If you make this a Change proposal, I'd vote +1 on it.
> >>
> >
> > Another option would be to shift our stuff out of site-packages and
> > into a new directory (dist-packages like debian, maybe?). If RPM
> > packaged stuff went there and everything else went into site-packages,
> > that would effectively retain the same spirit as what we do now.
>
> Yet it would not solve any of the problems.
>

I thought EXTERNALLY-MANAGED works off the install scheme? If one
scheme is locked but the other isn't, it should be fine, right?



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