Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-23 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Jul 15, 2010, at 06:55 PM, Markus Gattol wrote: > Barry> This means that if you install Python from-source, as many > Barry> Python developers do through the default cmmi build, and system > Barry> administrators do achieve Python builds isolated from critical > Barry> system resources, you cou

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-17 Thread Brian Ryans
Quoting Piotr Ożarowski on 2010-07-13 16:05:14: > What do you think about renaming all /DebianPython.* to /Python\1 > so f.e. > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython -> http://wiki.debian.org/Python > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython/Policy -> > http://wiki.debian.org/Python/Policy > (with old pa

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-15 Thread Markus Gattol
Barry> First, when Python searches for a module to import, only Barry> sys.path is consulted (modulo other import hooks). It doesn't Barry> really treat $PYTHONPATH or the cwd any differently. It does Barry> initialize sys.path from $PYTHONPATH and it does (sometimes) Barry> include a special

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-14 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:57:08AM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote: > So: do you think this is a good idea? If so, where should this information > go? I'm not sure Teams/PythonAppsPackagingTeam or Teams/PythonModulesTeam are > really the best place for this. > > Suggestions? Mostly as an outsider, I

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-14 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Jul 14, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Suno Ano wrote: >Yes, that is a common question people have when they want to know how >exactly things are handled in Debian. It was the same for me so I >created > >http://www.markus-gattol.name/ws/python.html#why_has_debian_dist-packages_directories Hi Suno. Thank

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-14 Thread Iustin Pop
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:56:02AM +0100, Suno Ano wrote: > > Barry> We had a report in upstream Python from a user who was trying to > Barry> find information about dist-packages. He did a Google search and > Barry> didn't find any definitive official explanation of this > Barry> Debuntuism.

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-14 Thread Suno Ano
Barry> We had a report in upstream Python from a user who was trying to Barry> find information about dist-packages. He did a Google search and Barry> didn't find any definitive official explanation of this Barry> Debuntuism. His suggestion was to add a note to the official Barry> Python docu

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-13 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Tuesday, July 13, 2010 05:05:14 pm Piotr Ożarowski wrote: > [Barry Warsaw, 2010-07-13] > > > * http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython > > * http://wiki.debian.org/Python > > I removed some really old pages with "Python" in the URL > > What do you think about renaming all /DebianPython.* to /Py

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-13 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Piotr Ożarowski , 2010-07-13, 23:05: What do you think about renaming all /DebianPython.* to /Python\1 so f.e. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython -> http://wiki.debian.org/Python http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython/Policy -> http://wiki.debian.org/Python/Policy (with old pages redirecting to

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-13 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Jul 13, 2010, at 11:05 PM, Piotr Ożarowski wrote: >[Barry Warsaw, 2010-07-13] >> * http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython >> * http://wiki.debian.org/Python > >I removed some really old pages with "Python" in the URL Nice! >What do you think about renaming all /DebianPython.* to /Python\1 >so

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-13 Thread Piotr Ożarowski
[Barry Warsaw, 2010-07-13] > * http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython > * http://wiki.debian.org/Python I removed some really old pages with "Python" in the URL What do you think about renaming all /DebianPython.* to /Python\1 so f.e. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPython -> http://wiki.debian.org/P

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-13 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Jul 13, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Asheesh Laroia wrote: >On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Barry Warsaw wrote: > >> We had a report in upstream Python from a user who was trying to find >> information about dist-packages. He did a Google search and didn't >> find any definitive official explanation of this Debunt

Re: Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-13 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Barry Warsaw wrote: We had a report in upstream Python from a user who was trying to find information about dist-packages. He did a Google search and didn't find any definitive official explanation of this Debuntuism. His suggestion was to add a note to the official Python

Documenting Python Debuntuisms

2010-07-12 Thread Barry Warsaw
We had a report in upstream Python from a user who was trying to find information about dist-packages. He did a Google search and didn't find any definitive official explanation of this Debuntuism. His suggestion was to add a note to the official Python documentation, but that doesn't seem quite