[Python-checkins] python/nondist/peps pep-0262.txt,1.15,1.16

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Add section for open issues

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+ Open Issues
+ 
+     PJE suggests the installation database "be potentially present on
+     every directory in sys.path, with the contents merged in sys.path
+     order.  This would allow home-directory or other
+     alternate-location installs to work, and ease the process of a
+     distutils install command writing the file." Nice feature: it does
+     mean that package manager tools can take into account Python
+     packages that a user has privately installed.
+ 
+     AMK wonders: what does setup.py do if it's told to install
+     packages to a directory not on sys.path?  Does it write an
+     install-db directory to the directory it's told to write to, or
+     does it do nothing?
+ 
+     Should the package-database file itself be included in the files
+     list?  (PJE would think yes, but of course it can't contain its
+     own checksum.  AMK can't think of a use case where including the
+     DB file matters.)
+ 
+     PJE wonders about writing the package DB file
+     *first*, before installing any other files, so that failed partial
+     installations can both be backed out, and recognized as broken.
+     This PEP may have to specify some algorithm for recognizing this
+     situation.
+ 
+     Should we guarantee the format of installation databases remains
+     compatible across Python versions, or is it subject to arbitrary
+     change?  Probably we need to guarantee compatibility.
+ 
+     
  Rejected Suggestions