[Distutils] distutils in Mandrake 8.2

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Marko Samastur wrote:
> 
> 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).

Why not wrap them up as one or more Python packages ?

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