On 14 Nov 2000, Rob Tillotson wrote: > Moshe Zadka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Say module x Depends: on Python. Where do you install it? python1.5 or > > python2.0? Remember that you must encode this information in the > > package itself. > > Any package that has a binary extension in it will necessarily have to > be compiled for a specific Python version.
This isn't true. Python 1.5.2-compiled extensions will work just fine with Python 2.0. > For things which are truly independent of the Python version, there is > /usr/lib/site-python. While python-base does not appear to create > this directory, it is part of the default sys.path (in the current > 1.5.2 packages) and there are at least two packages (reportbug and > dpkg-python) which live there. But if the .pyc's there are 1.5.2 pyc's, then Python 2.0 won't be able to work with them, and vice-versa. -- Moshe Zadka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 95855124 http://advogato.org/person/moshez
