On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 09:47:46AM -0400, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
Questions, comments... volunteers? :)
Sounds good, having a PEP626-style install database seems worthwile. Definately if it will enable setuptools to install just like distutils for a "install". Here some notes from my Debian admin/packager point of view (sorry if I miss perspectives of Windows users etc): * I'd like clearly defined module paths for: (a) system, (b) local admin, (c) user. PEP370 seems a step in the right direction. When using "setup.py install" it would be good if the correct prefix would be chosen automatically for (b) and (c). On Windows (a) and (b) would be the same AIUI. * While the installdb can be shared between the sytem and the local admin (/var/lib seems appropriate) the user can't normally write to this. So at separate user installdb might be needed. Regards Floris -- Debian GNU/Linux -- The Power of Freedom www.debian.org | www.gnu.org | www.kernel.org