New submission from Jason R. Coombs: extra_path is implicated in [this failure](https://github.com/jaraco/rwt/issues/7) and in general in any attempt to install to a path in PYTHONPATH that's not in site-packages. For example:
$ python -m pip install -t foo newrelic Collecting newrelic Installing collected packages: newrelic Successfully installed newrelic $ ls foo newrelic-2.68.0.50 newrelic-2.68.0.50.dist-info newrelic.pth $ PYTHONPATH=foo python -c "import newrelic" Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named 'newrelic' As a result, extra_path (undocumented per issue901727) causes disruption in tools like rwt, and gives the packager the ability to break the convention for installing the package, relying on .pth files which only work in select locations. I suggest we deprecate extra_path. ---------- components: Distutils messages: 274060 nosy: dstufft, eric.araujo, jason.coombs priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Deprecate and remove extra_path distribution kwarg type: behavior versions: Python 3.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27919> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
