[Python-ideas] Changing the default install location, script versioning (Packages and PEP 370)

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Thu Jul 23 00:10:47 CEST 2009


Jesse Noller <jnoller at ...> writes:
> 
> Because they're artifacts of a package installed into a version of the
> interpreter. Sure, "proper docs" will include a Python2.x section
> *and* the 3.x section; then again, why not only package the 3.x docs
> with the 3.x package?

That's a good point. 
Incidentally, data files can be installed in the package's directory if
`package_data` is used in the setup script. Which obviously versions them.

Regards

Antoine.





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