Re: debhelper 7 and python-central
Hello
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:49:11PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le dimanche 18 mai 2008 à 11:35 -0700, Monty Taylor a écrit :
> > 1. What are the real differences between these two?
>
> Technically speaking, they use very different approaches. Python-central
> links modules at their original places while python-support puts them
> in /var/lib to follow the FHS.
This is actually the only reason I use python-central[0]. I'm rather
convinced that python-central follows the FHS better. From the
horse's mouth:
"/var contains variable data files" [1]
and:
"/var/lib : Variable state information [...] State information is data
that programs modify while they run, and that pertains to one specific
host." [2]
> The latter approach is less fragile overall,
How is that? As far as I can see both python-central and
python-support maintain directories for each python version and
symlink the .py files to a shared location. Just on that basis I
can't see why one is better then the other. Am I missing something
here?
Regards
Floris
[0] I also like the XS-Python-Version and XB-Python-Version fields but
don't feel strongly about that (and don't fully understand the
issues at hand there). And I've never run in any of the bugs.
[1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY
[2] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMATION
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