On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:32:25 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote: > >From the discussion in Bug #662965: > > > > ...packages sharing the same namespace must use the same helper. > > > > They can use different helpers if the package that is earlier in > > sys.path uses this trick: > > > > http://docs.python.org/library/pkgutil.html#pkgutil.extend_path > > The multiple helper path issue should be documented somewhere authoritative. > The current Python policy is silent on the topic. I'd like suggestions on > where/how to document the situation.
Thank you Scott for raising the discussion. For the moment being, I added a note in the "Transition to dh_python2" wiki page. But I do agree that something more authoritative is needed. David -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://deb.li/dapal `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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