[Python-ideas] Add a site.cfg to keep a persistent list of paths

Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Thu Oct 21 14:17:50 CEST 2010


On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:21:56 +0100
Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 21 October 2010 00:35, Floris Bruynooghe <flub at devork.be> wrote:
> 
> > I've read your and Ian's responses and still don't understand what
> > setup.py develop brings to the party which can't be done with simple
> > PYTHONPATH.
> 
> I'm glad it's not just me!

How does PYTHONPATH work with C extensions?
Besides, how do you manage your PYTHONPATH when you have multiple
packages in "develop" mode, depending on each other?

Regards

Antoine.





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