mathieu wrote:
> hi there,
>
> As far as I understand python is not using the usual UNIX system of
> soname when two libraries provide incompatible API. So let say I have
> a _foo.so version 1.2 and 2.0, all I can (should do) is move them
> underneath a subdirectory in site-package:
>
> pythonX.Y/site-package/foo1.2/_foo.so
> pythonX.Y/site-package/foo1.2/foo.py
> and
> pythonX.Y/site-package/foo2.0/_foo.so
> pythonX.Y/site-package/foo2.0/foo.py
>
> Then a central foo.pth would (sytem-wide) define which one is the
> default version:
>
> pythonX.Y/site-package/foo.pth
>
> If this is correct ? Is there any documentation that I missed ?
You can use setuptools + pkg_resources to install versions in parallel -
then you need to do an explicit
pkg_resources.require("foo == 1.2")
before importing foo the first time.
Diez
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