-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gediminas Paulauskas wrote: > For backwards compatibility already installed packages have to be > treated as manually installed, because it is not known why they were > installed. So the presence of a new file or flag has to signify that > it was AUTO_INSTALLED, i.e. the other way around than originally > suggested.
I don't believe this is actually an issue. The PEP 376 installation format is markedly different from any existing installation format, so any tool dealing with installed packages will already have to know whether it's dealing with a PEP 376 install or a legacy install. Only PEP 376 installs could be considered orphaned. I don't have a problem with AUTO_INSTALLED, but more people seem to have favored REQUESTED thus far. Carl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFKzzcYFRcxmeyPUXIRApWuAKCHDSfd0rKwNWeZkQPy71wyz/fJFwCdFUw7 XPWhAA4c0r+SFMzuFmz2rKo= =tAZN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig