March 23, 2015
3:30 p.m.
On Mon, 23 Mar 2015 07:22:56 -0700 Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger@gmail.com> wrote:
Building off Nick's idea of a system python vs a python for users to use, I would see a more useful modification to be able to specify SPYTHONPATH (and other env vars) to go along with /usr/bin/spython . That way the user maintains the capability to override specific libraries globally just like with LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PATH, and similar but you won't accidentally configure your own python to use one set of paths for your five python apps and then have that leak over and affect system tools.
I really think Donald has a good point when he suggests a specific virtualenv for system programs using Python. Regards Antoine.