At 04:29 PM 3/22/2008 +0100, Martin v. Löwis wrote: >>>For those without the read-only flag, the specification should >>>explicitly say what manipulation is allowed. >>Since a distribution isn't really "mutable", I would think that >>uninstallation and reinstallation would be the only manipulation >>available. (As distinct from inspection, verification, and other >>read-only activities.) > >Sure, but what is precisely the semantics of uninstallation, in >terms of changes to the system state? > >I think any model where uninstallation is merely the removal >of files is too limited to be practical.
The distutils only support the *addition* of files, so I'm not sure how only removing files is a limit here. Could you explain? _______________________________________________ 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
