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Re: Quick analysis of the Python dist-packages transition



[Steve Langasek, 2009-09-20]
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 09:18:16PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> >       * 505 of these packages do not use distutils and should not be
> >         affected, still shipping files to site-packages/. However,
> >         according to Scott Kimmermann (who handled parts of this
> >         transition in Ubuntu), python-central does not look for modules
> >         in /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages, so most modules using it
> >         are broken.
> 
> What do you mean, "look for" modules there?  Are you proposing that these
> packages ship files under /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages, or that
> python-central find modules under this directory at build-time and move them
> to /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages?

no, move them to /usr/share/pyshared, just like it does with
dist-packages

> There is no bug filed against python-central for this.

I will file a bug in a minute (not that it will change much)
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