Nick Coghlan schrieb: > This is what I see as the goal of PEP 370 as well. Perhaps the PEP could > be more explicit in spelling that out? > > """The primary goal of this PEP is to provide a standard mechanism > allowing Python users to install distutils packages for their own use > without affecting other users of the same machine, and without requiring > any change to the packages themselves.""" > > I think the current Rationale section kind of assumes that the reader > already recognises the above paragraph as the reason for the PEP.
Good point ;) The author of the PEP was kinda sure all readers would recognize the ratio. Again explicit is better than implicit. I'll update the PEP later. > In the UNIX Notes section, the PEP should probably also state that the > reason for choosing a hidden dot-file directory is that users generally > aren't going to have any interest in the source files for the Python > packages that they install, and that users that would prefer for the > files to be visible can easily make a symbolic link to the directory. Good point, too. Thanks Nick! Christian _______________________________________________ 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
