[Python-Dev] PEP 297: Support for System Upgrades

Barry A. Warsaw barry@python.org
Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:26:09 -0500


>>>>> "MAL" == M  <mal@lemburg.com> writes:

    MAL> Ok, then, let's call the dir "site-upgrades-<pyversion>" with
    MAL> <pyversion> being major.minor.patchlevel.

+1

    MAL> It seems that only site.py needs to be changed. Hmm, but
    MAL> what happens if someone invokes Python with -S (don't load
    MAL> site.py) ?

They lose, just like they lose site-packages if they do it.
-Barry