On Sat, 2005-25-06 at 14:33 +0200, Dirk Meyer wrote: > Hi, > > we have a problem. I created a new repository kaa and two modules > inside: imlib2 and thumb. Thumb is a subdirectory in kaa because I > plan to add more files to it later. But after installing, there is no > __init__.py in kaa, only in kaa/thumb. Without one, you can't import > kaa.thumb. I fixed this by creating a fake __init__.py and put it into > the kaa dir. > > But a package manager for a distro may remove that file. Here an > example: > > distro-install kaa-imlib2 - we now have kaa/__init__.py > distro-install kaa-thumb - we have a new kaa/__init__.py > distro-delete kaa-thumb - kaa/__init__.py is gone > > Except ignoring this problem, I only see one option: do not use a > subdir kaa and put all our modules in a subdir: > site-packages/kaa-imlib2/ and site-packages/kaa-thumb > > I don't like it, but I see no way around this problem. And if we do > this, shouldn't we rename the src dir to the module name like most > python modules do? So it would be > > kaa/imlib2/setup.py > kaa/imlib2/kaa-imlib2/*.[ch] > kaa/imlib2/kaa-imlib2/*.py > > We would still use 'bin' for scripts. Maybe use src for c and h files > to create so files and ka-<name> for the py files. > > > Ideas?
I would think that this is a problem with the distro. I know any debian based distribution can take care of these types of problems with ease. Lakin > > Dischi > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-devel mailing list Freevo-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
