Bug#338572: FHS: Python distutils should be configured to install under /usr/local by default

2005-11-12 Thread Matthias Klose
Martin v. =?UTF-8?Q?L=C3=B6wis?= writes: Seo Sanghyeon wrote: Instead of referring confused users to the distutils manual all the time, Debian's Python should be configured to install under /usr/local when using distutils to do local install by default. This will break the build process

Bug#338572: FHS: Python distutils should be configured to install under /usr/local by default

2005-11-11 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Seo Sanghyeon wrote: Instead of referring confused users to the distutils manual all the time, Debian's Python should be configured to install under /usr/local when using distutils to do local install by default. This will break the build process of many Python-based packages, right? They

Bug#338572: FHS: Python distutils should be configured to install under /usr/local by default

2005-11-10 Thread Seo Sanghyeon
Package: python Version: 2.3.5-3 This bug is filed to python, but should apply to python2.1, python2.2, python2.3, python2.4, and future Python versions. Filesystem Hierarchy Standard says: The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when installing software locally.