"Martin v. Löwis" wrote: >>> Essentially, one would have to contribute patches to all the >>> distributions (we care about, at least), and then nag the respective >>> maintainers to include these patches. >> >> Not true. You just need to make sure that "setup.py install" creates >> that database. With the proposed format of the database this is just >> a file in the correct location - exactly for this reason. Next time >> the distribution will build the package that database file will be in >> place. > > How so? Are you /sure/ the packaging process even *runs* setup.py? > And if they do, why do you think they will pick up the database > file? >
In the case of Fedora rpms, the usual install uses setup.py. _______________________________________________ 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
