[Distutils] Cache PYTHONPATH? (Re: make unzipped eggs be the default)

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Wed Jul 29 23:58:13 CEST 2009


On 2009-07-29 16:47, David Lyon wrote:

> Anyway, you're kindof biting the hairs on the tail here.. because 3rd
> party packages don't impact the size of the whole python installation
> that much.

My site-packages directory would like a word with you:

[~]$ cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current
[Current]$ du -hsc .
1.5G    .
1.5G    total
[Current]$ du -hsc lib/python2.5/site-packages
1.4G    lib/python2.5/site-packages
1.4G    total

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco



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