Hi ProgVal (2011.04.26_09:52:56_+0200) > I don't really understand the logic of the Python packages, modules, > and software.
Not surprising, it's complex :) There are 3 different helpers in common use (one of which is deprecated), but we'd like to get it down to 1. Then there are packages which don't use a helper, and just try to follow the policy. dh_python2: the new helper, hopefully the only only one in the future. python-support: the most popular helper. python-central: deprecated in favour of dh_python2. > Most of them are installed in /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/dist-packages/, as > the Debian Python Policy says. You'll normally find symlinks to the .py files there, and the .pyc files (which differ between python versions). Also, C extensions (.so), which are also python version specific. dh_python2 includes these symlinks in the package. python-support builds these symlink farms on installation. python-central also builds the symlink farm on installation, but *can* include them in the package too. > Many of them are in /usr/pyshared/pythonX.Y/ (such as PyQt4) That's how dh_python2 and python-support handle files that differ between versions of python, such as C extensions. > Some others are in /usr/share/python-support/ (such as python-git). Now python-support's per-package configuration files go there. In the past (pre 0.90) this was where the .py files lived. > And there are also packages in /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/, such > as Gwibber, but I think it is a packaging mistake. We switched to dist-packages in Python 2.6. 2.5 still uses site-packages. SR -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ H: +27 21 465 6908 C: +27 72 419 8559 UCT: x3127 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110426110909.gh19...@bach.rivera.co.za
