July 21, 2009
8:49 a.m.
Doug Hellmann <doug.hellmann@...> writes:
Why is the lib directory ~/.local/lib/pythonVERSION if ~/.local isn't intended to support more than one version of the interpreter?
Because scripts specify which version of the interpreter they use in their shebang line, so they don't need a versioned location. Conversely, libraries have no way to specify for which version of the interpreter they were installed, so their location needs to be versioned. (besides, it is common for a library to be installed for several interpreters because it may be required by several different apps) This is the same difference as between /usr/bin and /usr/lib/python-X.Y/site-packages. Regards Antoine.