Re: vendor-packages directory

2005-09-21 Thread Colin J. Williams
Terry Reedy wrote: > "Rich Burridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >>Until now we've been using "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages" as the >>directory to install the various Python files that these packages use. > > > My impression is that this is exactly the intended place for general-us

Re: vendor-packages directory

2005-09-20 Thread Terry Reedy
"Rich Burridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I work in the Accessibility Program Office at Sun Microsystems. I'm > part of a team that is using Python to create a screen reader called > Orca, that'll help blind people (and people with low vision) have > access to

Re: vendor-packages directory

2005-09-20 Thread Steve Holden
Rich: You made it to the States, then? How ironic, I've just been working in VA for nine years, but recently returned to Scotland and ended up living in Linlithgow, known to most Sun long-timers. Hope mp is still providing good service. Rich Burridge wrote: > Hi, > > I work in the Accessibili

Re: vendor-packages directory

2005-09-20 Thread Michael Ekstrand
On Tuesday 20 September 2005 10:22, Rich Burridge wrote: > [lots of well-written and logical information about a proposed > vendor-packages directory snipped] > Is this something that would be considered for a future Python > release? +1 to that from me... it looks like good ide

vendor-packages directory

2005-09-20 Thread Rich Burridge
ut it does seem appropriate that there should be. Now we could easily create a "/usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages" directory and put out files under there, but what I don't like about it is that it doesn't "just work". In other words, it's not one of the known pl