Gael Varoquaux wrote: > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 09:41:08PM -0400, Stephen Waterbury wrote: >>> These are all broken and you should report bugs on them. I have >>> reported many for Ubuntu. A system application should only ever >>> depend on the system Python (or interpreter), never on the whims of >>> your $PATH. > >> I agree with Barry here -- I would even go further and say that >> the Python used by system apps (i.e., apps that the OS depends on) >> should be separate and should not be on the default PATH (so the user >> can't use it accidentally), and no non-system apps should use the >> system Python unless specifically installed by the user or sysadmin >> into the system Python's area. > > I agree with you, and not with Barry that all these are broken. If you > look at the apps that use "#!/usr/bin/env", they are all pretty > non-system apps, like for instance "f2py". I think it is good that these > apps use the default python: I don't want to have f2py to be running for > another python than my default one. I am actually quite surprised to see > that ipython is installed with a hardcoded path to /usr/bin/python. > > Anyway, I am not going to bug report anything, as my system works just > fine, thank you.
Yes, your luck holds -- as does mine, for now ... but since Barry works for Canonical (besides being Python's new Release Manager), he has a civic responsibility to report Ubuntu Python bugs even if his own system works ... and since that can be quite time-consuming, I can't blame him for trying to recruit some help ... ;) Steve _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
