[Python-Dev] Refactoring installation schemes

[Michael Foord]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Tarek Ziadé wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> Since the addition of PEP 370, (per-user site packages), site.py and
>> distutils/command/install.py are *both* providing the various
>> installation directories for Python,
>> depending on the system and the Python version.
>>
>> We have also started to discuss lately in various Mailing Lists the
>> addition of new schemes for IronPython and Jython, meaning that we
>> might add some more in both places.
>>
>> I would like to suggest a simplification by adding a dedicated module
>> to manage these installation schemes in one single place in the
>> stdlib.
>>
>> This new independant module would be used by site.py and distutils and
>> would also make it easier for third party code to work with these
>> schemes.
>> Of course this new module would be rather simple and not add any new
>> import statement to avoid any overhead when Python starts and loads
>> site.py
>>     
>
> +1
>
>   
Also +1. It seems like this would make things easier for the alternative 
implementations.

Michael

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