[Edu-sig] Re: PEPTALK: path sanity and newbie mental health

[Jason Cunliffe]

> What I would really appreciate is an optional last stage in the
> installer, in which you can customize your site, i.e. create your
> private directory to add to PYTHONPATH, get to know where your
> sitecustomize file is and what is in it, etc.
> Then I would just have to tell my pupils
> 1. check the sitecustomize-option
> 2. create mypython-directory for personal and local files
> (which would be added to default sys.path automatically)

Christian, thanks very much for your comments. The installer idea is an
excellent one I think, and much more in keeping with the rest of the
software world these days. It is quite rare to come across such a minimal
installer like Python's.

> > sys.path.save()
> > sys.path.load()
> >
> > These would both default to use a clear single file called
"PYTHONPATH.py"
> > created  at installation.
>
> I think this is no bad idea. Write a PEP.

Thanks for the encouragement.
I was beginning to think I was crazy ;-)

Jason