[Python-Dev] Python-Dev Digest, Vol 54, Issue 57

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    Oleg>    ~/.python
    Oleg>    ~/.python/bin
    Oleg>    ~/.python/lib
    Oleg>    ~/.python/lib/python2.5

The drawback of this approach is that it implies that Perl, Tcl, IPython,
etc. belong in their own .whatever directory.  The IT folks here at work do
things that way (though not in home directories).  If I want to build a
package which relies on zlib, libpng, libtiff, libjpeg, etc., imagine what
my CPPFLAGS, CFLAGS and LDFLAGS arguments look like.  :barf:

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