[Python-Dev] versioned .so files for Python 3.2

[Barry Warsaw]

On Jun 25, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Brett Cannon wrote:

>> Placing .so files together does not simplify that install process in any
>> way. You will still have to handle such packages in a special way. You
>> must still compile the package multiple times for each relevant version
>> of python (with special tagging that I imagine distutils can take care
>> of) and, worse yet, you have created a more trick install than merely
>> having multiple search paths (e.g., installing/uninstalling lxml for
>> *one* version of python is actually more difficult in this scheme).
>
>This is meant to be used by distros in a programmatic fashion, so my
>response is "so what?" Their package management system is going to
>maintain the directory, not a person. You and I are not going to be
>using this for anything. This is purely meant for Linux OS vendors
>(maybe OS X) to manage their installs through their package software.
>I honestly do not expect human beings to be mucking around with these
>installs (and I suspect Barry doesn't either).

Spot on.

-Barry
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