Hello On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:49:11PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le dimanche 18 mai 2008 à 11:35 -0700, Monty Taylor a écrit : > > 1. What are the real differences between these two? > > Technically speaking, they use very different approaches. Python-central > links modules at their original places while python-support puts them > in /var/lib to follow the FHS.
This is actually the only reason I use python-central[0]. I'm rather convinced that python-central follows the FHS better. From the horse's mouth: "/var contains variable data files" [1] and: "/var/lib : Variable state information [...] State information is data that programs modify while they run, and that pertains to one specific host." [2] > The latter approach is less fragile overall, How is that? As far as I can see both python-central and python-support maintain directories for each python version and symlink the .py files to a shared location. Just on that basis I can't see why one is better then the other. Am I missing something here? Regards Floris [0] I also like the XS-Python-Version and XB-Python-Version fields but don't feel strongly about that (and don't fully understand the issues at hand there). And I've never run in any of the bugs. [1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY [2] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMATION -- Debian GNU/Linux -- The Power of Freedom www.debian.org | www.gnu.org | www.kernel.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]