[Distutils] distutils in Mandrake 8.2

[Marko Samastur]

On Wednesday 10 April 2002 11:15, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> >
> > I can see a message that is telling me that .pth is being build, but
> > the file is missing in the created rpm.
>
> Why .pth files ? Why not simply *copy* the code to site-packages ?

Mainly, but not only,  because of estetic reasons.  My project already has 26 
.py files and this number will only rise.

Dumping them all in one directory (and other authors doing the same), would 
just make that directory look like a trashcan and could also result in 
filename conflicts (which can be otherwise avoided if certain modules in 
subdirectories are never directly imported).

Kind regards,

	Marko