[Distutils] Distutils on embedded devices - was Cache PYTHONPATH? (Re: make unzipped eggs be the default)

[Robert Kern]

On 2009-07-29 18:44, David Lyon wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:36:49 -0500, Robert Kern<robert.kern at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I am not complaining about anything. I am disputing your assertion that
>> "3rd
>> party packages don't impact the size of the whole python installation
>> that much." That's not a universally true statement.
>
> ok but is it a real problem or a perceived problem ?
>
> If it's a real problem then spend some time to trim some fat..
>
> or spend an extra $20 and get a bigger memory card..
>
> At least your embedded device isn't a 4k one... then we could
> moan and groan together about the bad old good old days....
>
> I really don't know enough about your hardware to say any more...

I'm not on an embedded device. I don't have a particular problem that I am 
asking you to solve. I am challenging your assumption that third party packages 
don't impact the size of the whole Python installation. It's just not true.

-- 
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