On 3/14/2012 11:22 AM, VanL wrote:
On 3/13/2012 9:58 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
Given that we already repeat it, isn't it better to be consistent?
But there is no repetition currently on Windows installations.
I though you were just proposing to switch lib (lower-cased, and scripts
renamed as
On 3/14/2012 1:32 AM, Mark Hammond wrote:
As per comments later in the thread, I'm -1 on including
python{py_version_short} in the lib directories for a number of
reasons; one further reason not outlined is that it would potentially
make running Python directly from a built tree difficult. For
On 3/14/2012 10:56 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
Are you talking about 'install for all users' versus 'install for this
user only'? I have always done the former as I see no point to the
latter on my machine, even if another family member has an account.
Yes, but some people are on corporate machines
On 3/14/2012 12:10 PM, VanL wrote:
On 3/14/2012 10:56 AM, Terry Reedy wrote:
Are you talking about 'install for all users' versus 'install for this
user only'? I have always done the former as I see no point to the
latter on my machine, even if another family member has an account.
Yes, but
In http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-March/117617.html
van.lindberg at gmail.com posted:
As noted earlier in the thread, I also change my proposal to maintain
the existing differences between system installs and user installs.
[Wanted lower case, which should be irrelevant;
On 3/14/2012 5:39 PM, Mark Hammond wrote:
Can you offer any examples of 3rd party tools which could unify code in
this scheme, and particularly, where this scheme would cause them to
have less code, not more?
How about virtualenv:
def path_locations(home_dir):
Return the path locations for
[resending - original reply went only to Van]
On 15/03/2012 10:15 AM, Lindberg, Van wrote:
On 3/14/2012 5:39 PM, Mark Hammond wrote:
Can you offer any examples of 3rd party tools which could unify code
in this scheme, and particularly, where this scheme would cause them
to have less code,
Following up on conversations at PyCon, I want to bring up one of my
personal hobby horses for change in 3.3: Fix install layout on Windows,
with a side order of making the PATH work better.
Short version:
1) The layout for the python root directory for all platforms should be
as follows:
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 14:43, VanL van.lindb...@gmail.com wrote:
Following up on conversations at PyCon, I want to bring up one of my
personal hobby horses for change in 3.3: Fix install layout on Windows, with
a side order of making the PATH work better.
Short version:
1) The layout for
On 3/13/2012 3:43 PM, VanL wrote:
Following up on conversations at PyCon, I want to bring up one of my
personal hobby horses for change in 3.3: Fix install layout on Windows,
with a side order of making the PATH work better.
Short version:
1) The layout for the python root directory for all
On 3/13/2012 4:19 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
What is {base/userbase} actually on a typical machine? It is fixed or
user choice?
It is based upon user choice and on whether it is a system-wide install
(base) or a single-user install (userbase). Typically, though, it is
just where you installed
On 3/13/2012 3:11 PM, Brian Curtin wrote:
I'm familiar with the scripts/bin change. I take it the rest of that
stuff matches *nix? Text later on seems to support this, so I think
I'm on board with it.
Yes, that is correct.
Martin and I spoke on Friday and at least the bin/ folder and Path
1) The layout for the python root directory for all platforms should be
as follows:
stdlib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
platstdlib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
purelib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}/site-packages
platlib =
On Mar 13, 2012, at 8:37 PM, Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de wrote:
1) The layout for the python root directory for all platforms should be
as follows:
stdlib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
platstdlib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
purelib =
On 3/13/2012 9:57 PM, VanL wrote:
On Mar 13, 2012, at 8:37 PM, Martin v. Löwismar...@v.loewis.de
wrote:
1) The layout for the python root directory for all platforms
should be as follows:
stdlib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short} platstdlib
=
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