[Distutils] PEP 376, Uninstallation and interoperability

[Eric V. Smith]

On 2/16/2013 7:40 AM, Vinay Sajip wrote:
> With my suggestion about keeping a list of shared locations around, then
> namespace package directories could be kept in such a list. When uninstalling,
> all the subpackages added in the particular distribution being uninstalled would
> be removed, but the namespace package directory itself wouldn't be, as a shared
> location.

I don't think the installers know which directories are namespace
package directories.

-- 
Eric.