Re: Python Policy: Things to consider for Stretch

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Subject: Re: Python Policy: Things to consider for Stretch
From: Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:05:39 +1100
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote:

> 2.5 Module Path
>
> "Public Python modules must be installed in the system Python modules
> directory, /usr/lib/python<X>.<Y>/dist-packages.  Public Python 3 modules must
> be installed in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages."

Side-note: does anyone know why Python puts packages in
"dist-packages", "site-packages" etc directories instead of just
"packages" directories?

-- 
bye,
pabs

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