The word from the man himself. :-) I'm make this change in my experimental python_2.1.1 packages.
Neil ----- Forwarded message from Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 14:27:19 -0400 From: Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] re-ordering sys.path To: Neil Schemenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: python-dev@python.org > > So, I'm proposition to reorganize the PYTHONPATH like this : ["site-packages first" proposal snipped] (Why do people write PYTHONPATH when they mean sys.path?) > Will this work? If so, why is it not already done? I think it will work just fine. I suppose I was afraid that people would abuse this to override standard modules that will break other stuff in subtle ways, but they can do that anyway using the $PYTHONPATH environment variable. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) ----- End forwarded message -----
