Re: virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv ... shouldn't this be part of python

2008-01-15 Thread Damjan
>> My question is, shoudn't it be enough to set PYTHONPATH and everything >> automagically to work then? Is there some work done on this for python >> 3.0 or 2.6 perhaps? > > I'm working on a PEP for a per user site dir for 2.6 and 3.0 great .. can't hardly wait. -- damjan -- http://mail.pytho

Re: virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv ... shouldn't this be part of python

2008-01-11 Thread Paul Boddie
On 11 Jan, 21:44, Goldfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What about security holes, like a malicious version of socket getting > downloaded into a user's directory, and overriding the default, safe > version? Don't forget that in your PEP. As Christian points out, there are various exploitable we

Re: virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv ... shouldn't this be part of python

2008-01-11 Thread Christian Heimes
Goldfish wrote: > What about security holes, like a malicious version of socket getting > downloaded into a user's directory, and overriding the default, safe > version? Don't forget that in your PEP. A malicious piece of software has already hundreds of way to overwrite modules. It could add a py

Re: virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv ... shouldn't this be part of python

2008-01-11 Thread Goldfish
On Jan 11, 11:45 am, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Damjan wrote: > > My question is, shoudn't it be enough to set PYTHONPATH and everything > > automagically to work then? Is there some work done on this for python 3.0 > > or 2.6 perhaps? > > I'm working on a PEP for a per user site

Re: virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv ... shouldn't this be part of python

2008-01-11 Thread Christian Heimes
Damjan wrote: > My question is, shoudn't it be enough to set PYTHONPATH and everything > automagically to work then? Is there some work done on this for python 3.0 > or 2.6 perhaps? I'm working on a PEP for a per user site dir for 2.6 and 3.0 Christian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo

virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv ... shouldn't this be part of python

2008-01-11 Thread Damjan
There are several attempts to allow python to work with per user (or even per session) 'site-packages' like virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv. But they all have their own shortcomings and quirks. My question is, shoudn't it be enough to set PYTHONPATH and everything automagically to work th