Re: [Python-Dev] setup.py deleting files (Was: SSL support in _socket)

Martin von Loewis wrote:

I now recall why setup.py deletes modules that cannot be imported: If they would be left there, the test cases would fail with the ImportError. People had been complaining that they get testsuite failures, so we changed setup.py to remove the modules which clearly don't work.

Left aside whether this is a good idea, setup.py should grow an option to make this removal controllable. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH ______________________________________________________________________ Company & Consulting: http://www.egenix.com/ Python Software: http://www.egenix.com/files/python/