On Feb 15, 2006, at 4:49 AM, Jan Claeys wrote: > Op wo, 15-02-2006 te 14:00 +1300, schreef Greg Ewing: >> I'm disappointed that the various Linux distributions >> still don't seem to have caught onto the very simple >> idea of *not* scattering files all over the place when >> installing something. >> >> MacOSX seems to be the only system so far that has got >> this right -- organising the system so that everything >> related to a given application or library can be kept >> under a single directory, clearly labelled with a >> version number. > > Those directories might be mounted on entirely different hardware > (even > over a network), often with different characteristics (access speed, > writeability, etc.).
Huh? What does that have to do with anything? I've never seen a system where /usr/include, /usr/lib, /usr/bin, etc. are not all on the same mount. It's not really any different with OS X either. -bob _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
