On 2008-05-02, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -On [20080502 07:51], Ben Finney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >>To my mind, the Python interpreter installed by a package as >>distributed with the OS *is* OS territory and belongs in /usr/bin/. > > That's the difference with a distribution, such as Linux, and full OSes , > such as BSDs or commercial Unix variants. They prefer to keep a pristine > state for the OS vendor files
Python _is_ an OS vendor file in the Linux world. > versus what the user can opt to install himself, Traditionally, Python has not been optional. > hence the /usr/bin - /usr/local/bin separation. Same for sbin, > lib, and so on. It effectively guarantees you can nuke > /usr/local without ill consequences for your OS. That's the point. You _couldn't_ nuke Python and have your system keep running. That's why it was in /usr/bin. -- Grant -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list