[Python-Dev] Moving Mac/Lib to Lib/plat-mac before 2.3a1?

[Guido van Rossum]

> Oops, there something that's been on my todo list for quite a while but 
> that I haven't taken any action on (at least I can put part of the 
> blame on Just, it was his idea and he didn't take any action either:-): 
> moving Mac/Lib to Lib/plat-mac. The main reason for doing this is that 
> most (if not all) of those modules are useable in unix-Python on MacOSX 
> too, and moreover it would make the MacPython-OS9 tree look a little 
> more like the normal Python tree. site.py would get one extra line with 
> a special case (if sys.platform==darwin we not only add plat-darwin to 
> the path but also plat-mac).
> 
> Is it a good idea to try and get this in before 2.3a1? Is it a better 
> idea to try and get this in between 2.3a1 and the next release (2.3a2? 
> 2.3b1?)?

Either way works for me -- I have no problem with doing it now.

> And on the technical implementation: I think I would ask the SF 
> maintainers to *copy* Mac/Lib to Lib/plat-mac, and then manually delete 
> Mac/Lib on the trunk and Lib/plat-mac on the 2.2 maintenance branch. Is 
> that a good idea?

It's sort of history falsification -- and you'd have to delete it on
the 2.1 branch too (we might issue 2.1.4).

I'm also a bit worried that the SF folks don't respond in time for the
release.  Are you sure you need the CVS history in the new location?

> A similar case can be made for other Mac subdirs (Mac/Tools->Tools/Mac, 
> Mac/scripts->Tools/Mac/scripts), but that is less essential and can 
> probably wait until later.

OK.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)