> But I don't understand how this answers the question. If the > python26-zope.sendmail package doesn't run setup.py, then a > python-zope.sendmail package where you specify at install time which > directory to install the files to isn't going to run setup.py, either. > If the only difference between a packaged python27-zope.sendmail and a > packaged python26-zope.sendmail is the directory to which the files get > written, why can't that be controlled at install time?
It certainly would be possible to copy the files into each Python's site-packages. They have a system that does that in place, except that it doesn't copy the files, but symlinks them. > Well, I certainly don't want the conversation to take a few more months. > I'm not against the PEP, I'm making my comments and asking my questions > in the spirit of making it a high quality PEP. If the motivation is > "the Debian devs have concluded, after years of experimentation...", > then I suppose that's what should go in the motivation section. I guess Barry will have to explain what the problem with the current scheme is. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
