On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Jan Matejek <jan.matejek@suse.cz> wrote:
Fellow packagers and pythonistas,
i'd like to notify you about a proposed change to the way Python installs its packages, and give you a chance to object before it is put into effect.
This has nothing to do with the "versioned python" proposal.
TL;DR version: Currently, python is configured to install packages into /usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages, unless you specify "--prefix=/usr". This mimicks autotools behavior, but diverges from upstream. If there are no significant objections, I'm going to restore the default behavior where "/usr" is the default prefix.
Packages installed in /usr/local will still be recognized, it just won't be the default install location anymore.
Jan, I worry about compatibility between what's out there and newly built packages. Is that going to break factory snapshots because they that have the old location vs. new packages having the new location? What about existing deployed releases that want to get a new python module. Will it be compatible? Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org