[Python-Dev] PEP 376 - Open questions

[Nick Coghlan]

(I cancelled sending this the first time, so apologies if a half-written
version turns up)

Paul Moore wrote:
> As promised, here are some open questions on PEP 376.

I'd add one more question to the list: is allowing backslash separated
names in the RECORD file actually a good idea, or would it be better to
always use forward slashes?

My reason for this question is what happens if (for example) a bdist_*
installer is generated on Linux and then used on Windows or vice-versa?
If the expected RECORD format is different on the two platforms, won't
it get things wrong?

For the other questions, I don't have anything much to add to PJE's
comments, except that the "all relative" paths idea won't work due to
the Windows drive letter issue (i.e. if an installer puts files in
C:\Program Files, there is no guarantee that a relative path between
site-packages and Program Files even exists if Python is installed on a
different drive).

Cheers,
Nick.

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