Re: [Python-Dev] FHS compliance of Python installation
On 25.06.2010 02:54, Ben Finney wrote: James Y Knightf...@fuhm.net writes: Really, python should store the .py files in /usr/share/python/, the .so files in /usr/lib/x86_64- linux-gnu/python2.5-debug/, and the .pyc files in /var/lib/python2.5- debug. But python doesn't work like that. +1 So who's going to draft the “Filesystem Hierarchy Standard compliance” PEP? :-) This has nothing to do with the FHS. The FHS talks about data, not code. ___ 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
Re: [Python-Dev] FHS compliance of Python installation
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 10:25:28PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: On 25.06.2010 02:54, Ben Finney wrote: James Y Knightf...@fuhm.net writes: Really, python should store the .py files in /usr/share/python/, the .so files in /usr/lib/x86_64- linux-gnu/python2.5-debug/, and the .pyc files in /var/lib/python2.5- debug. But python doesn't work like that. +1 So who's going to draft the ???Filesystem Hierarchy Standard compliance??? PEP? :-) This has nothing to do with the FHS. The FHS talks about data, not code. Really? It has some guidelines here for object files, etc., at least as of 2004. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html A quick scan suggests /usr/lib is the right place to look: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGANDPA cheers, --titus -- C. Titus Brown, c...@msu.edu ___ 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
Re: [Python-Dev] FHS compliance of Python installation
On 26.06.2010 22:30, C. Titus Brown wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 10:25:28PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: On 25.06.2010 02:54, Ben Finney wrote: James Y Knightf...@fuhm.net writes: Really, python should store the .py files in /usr/share/python/, the .so files in /usr/lib/x86_64- linux-gnu/python2.5-debug/, and the .pyc files in /var/lib/python2.5- debug. But python doesn't work like that. +1 So who's going to draft the ???Filesystem Hierarchy Standard compliance??? PEP? :-) This has nothing to do with the FHS. The FHS talks about data, not code. Really? It has some guidelines here for object files, etc., at least as of 2004. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html A quick scan suggests /usr/lib is the right place to look: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGANDPA agreed for object files, but http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRSHAREARCHITECTUREINDEPENDENTDATA explicitely states The /usr/share hierarchy is for all read-only architecture independent *data* files. ___ 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
Re: [Python-Dev] FHS compliance of Python installation
On Jun 26, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Matthias Klose wrote: On 26.06.2010 22:30, C. Titus Brown wrote: On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 10:25:28PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: On 25.06.2010 02:54, Ben Finney wrote: James Y Knightf...@fuhm.net writes: Really, python should store the .py files in /usr/share/python/, the .so files in /usr/lib/x86_64- linux-gnu/python2.5-debug/, and the .pyc files in /var/lib/python2.5- debug. But python doesn't work like that. +1 So who's going to draft the ???Filesystem Hierarchy Standard compliance??? PEP? :-) This has nothing to do with the FHS. The FHS talks about data, not code. Really? It has some guidelines here for object files, etc., at least as of 2004. http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html A quick scan suggests /usr/lib is the right place to look: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGANDPA agreed for object files, but http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRSHAREARCHITECTUREINDEPENDENTDATA explicitely states The /usr/share hierarchy is for all read-only architecture independent *data* files. I always figured the read-only architecture independent bit was the important part there, and code is data. Emacs's el files go into / usr/share/emacs, for instance. James ___ 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
[Python-Dev] FHS compliance of Python installation (was: versioned .so files for Python 3.2)
James Y Knight f...@fuhm.net writes: Really, python should store the .py files in /usr/share/python/, the .so files in /usr/lib/x86_64- linux-gnu/python2.5-debug/, and the .pyc files in /var/lib/python2.5- debug. But python doesn't work like that. +1 So who's going to draft the “Filesystem Hierarchy Standard compliance” PEP? :-) -- \ “Having sex with Rachel is like going to a concert. She yells a | `\ lot, and throws frisbees around the room; and when she wants | _o__)more, she lights a match.” —Steven Wright | Ben Finney ___ 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
