[Python-Dev] Re: Patch level versions and new features (Was: Some dull gc stats)

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal@lemburg.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>True, but it is easily possible to install those packages
>>in a directory which is scanned before the standard lib, thus
>>overriding the distribution versions:
>>
>>python setup.py install install-lib=~/lib
> 
> 
> Why is ~/lib scanned before the standard lib?

Because I have it defined in PYTHONPATH :-)

As I said, perhaps we need to make it easier to override
std lib packages...

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