On Tue, Dec 24, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > But that concept doesn't work on all platforms, so we should be careful > about isolating it. > > Encapsulating that assumption is why I think the "gnu" nesting is > justified. There are layout expectations inherent in the autoconf directory > design that just don't make sense on Windows, so any package expecting them > is going to be a bit quirky if installed on Windows. > I'm confused now as to what has been proposed or being discussed, or... I _thought_ that this thread started with a proposal that package authors would do something like specifying a file hierarchy for the stuff they are delivering: /bin/some_scripts /share/some_data /man/some_docs .... then at installation time, the python distro would decide where to copy all that. But this would beb worthless on non-gnu systems and would require: 1) package writer to write three or four versions 2) wheels to be platform-dependent unnecessarily. So my suggestion was to define the various locations where stuff may need to be installed at a higher level: place_to_put_top_level_scripts place_to_put_documentation place_to_app_data place_to_put_user_configuration_files place_to_put_user_system_configuration_files ..... Then the python distro would map these to actual paths at install time: gnu systems would map the gnu locations, Windows to Windows-appropriate locations, OS-X to OS-X locations, etc.... This wold also allow python distros like Anaconda or macports python, or ??? to do their own thing, which may not be putting everything in /usr/local, or ... That may be what you had in mind, but I got confused. -Chris > Cheers, > Nick. > > > > > -Chris > > > > > >> > >> It would be really easy > >> to try adding these to the dict that wheel installers use to relocate > >> stuff. > http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Directory-Variables.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > > Oceanographer > > > > Emergency Response Division > > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > > > chris.bar...@noaa.gov > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > > > > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception chris.bar...@noaa.gov
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