On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 08:43:06AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Currently Debian's python has /usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages
> in sys.path allowing for installation of local modules. Barry did
> point out that this conflicts with a python installation, where
> /usr/local is the default p
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On Mar 26, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
Barry Warsaw wrote:
This is Debian policy (which is fine), but I don't think all distros
agree. I'm not a distro guy though. :) Mattias, didn't the Fedora
guys
say they were going to try
Barry Warsaw wrote:
> This is Debian policy (which is fine), but I don't think all distros
> agree. I'm not a distro guy though. :) Mattias, didn't the Fedora guys
> say they were going to try to create a mailing list for discussing these
> kinds of cross-distro issues?
There's http://lists.free
Barry Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mar 11, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Floris Bruynooghe wrote:
> > The sysadmin should never install things into /usr/ directly,
> > /usr/local/ is their playground.
>
> This is Debian policy (which is fine), but I don't think all distros
> agree.
Those distros
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On Mar 11, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Floris Bruynooghe wrote:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 09:45:21AM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote:
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On Mar 11, 2008, at 3:43 AM, Matthias Klose wrote:
Currently Debian's python has /us
Barry Warsaw wrote:
It also makes Debian the odd man out. Instructions we publish for
every other *nix have to have a caveat or FAQ for Debian's (and
derivatives) difference. These can go unnoticed until things break,
and then we can get difficult to debug problem reports. An
experienced he
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 09:45:21AM -0400, Barry Warsaw wrote:
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> On Mar 11, 2008, at 3:43 AM, Matthias Klose wrote:
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>> Currently Debian's python has /usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages
>> in sys.path allowing for installation of local modules.
[Sebastian Rittau, 2008-03-11]
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 06:58:56PM +0100, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:
> > I would choose this option or even remove /usr/local/* from sys.path
> > completely. If one wants to play with unsupported Python modules or
> > Eggs, he should sys.path.append(his_path) by hand, I
Matthias Klose wrote:
> - add an env var to not include /usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages
>when the env var is set. Keeps standard behaviour without
>modifications and allows people to remove it from sys.path. But
>requires the user to know about that option.
I would much prefer
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 06:58:56PM +0100, Piotr Ożarowski wrote:
> I would choose this option or even remove /usr/local/* from sys.path
> completely. If one wants to play with unsupported Python modules or
> Eggs, he should sys.path.append(his_path) by hand, IMHO.
I would not consider installing
[Matthias Klose, 2008-03-11]
> - add another path (e.g. /usr/local/python/lib2.x/site-packages),
>and remove the /usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages path after
>the next release. Does provide an upgrade path, but doesn't solve
>the probem immediately.
I would choose this option or
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 08:43:06AM +0100, Matthias Klose wrote:
> Currently Debian's python has /usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages
> in sys.path allowing for installation of local modules. Barry did
> point out that this conflicts with a python installation, where
> /usr/local is the default
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On Mar 11, 2008, at 3:58 AM, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
- add another path (e.g. /usr/local/python/lib2.x/site-packages),
and remove the /usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages path after
the next release. Does provide an upgrade path, but doesn't
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On Mar 11, 2008, at 3:43 AM, Matthias Klose wrote:
Currently Debian's python has /usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages
in sys.path allowing for installation of local modules. Barry did
point out that this conflicts with a python installation, wher
Matthias Klose wrote:
Currently Debian's python has /usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages
in sys.path allowing for installation of local modules. Barry did
point out that this conflicts with a python installation, where
/usr/local is the default prefix, and the system python gets modules
from t
Currently Debian's python has /usr/local/lib/python2.x/site-packages
in sys.path allowing for installation of local modules. Barry did
point out that this conflicts with a python installation, where
/usr/local is the default prefix, and the system python gets modules
from the local installation.
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