John Levon wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 08:10:13PM -0800, Huie-Ying Lee wrote: > > >> 1) All the vendor packages for Python2.4 are located in the standard >> /usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages directory, so it shouldn't be of any >> problems for a Python programmer to find this package and its >> corresonding document in /usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/OpenSSL/doc. >> > > Is that really where the docs are going? I do not think this is an > appropriate place at all. lib/.../vendor-packages should only contain > code. > > It's as if you'd put the docs in /usr/lib/. > > In particular Linux distros place the docs in /usr/share/doc/pyOpenSSL-* > as I'd expect. > > regards > john > The reason that the pyOpenSSL document is placed in /usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/OpenSSL is to follow the arrangement of an existing Python2.4 vendor-package case. Please see /usr/lib/python2.4/vendor-packages/numpy/doc. This document location is also approved by the PSARC review. For more information, please see PSARC 2008/705.
Thanks, Huie-Ying
