On 22/03/2008, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How would you install multiple versions in the first place? Python > supports no such thing, at least not without setting PYTHONPATH, > or otherwise changing sys.path.
That's an unrelated feature of setuptools, providing a way to "install" multiple versions of a package and select which version you want at runtime. It does this by sys.path manipulation, I believe. It's a good example of the sort of orthogonal feature which makes setuptools such an issue. It's a genuinely useful feature to some people, but it's unrelated to packaging and installation, so people buy into a packaging solution (eggs) for the non-packaging benefits they provide. Paul. _______________________________________________ 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
