[Python-ideas] Draft PEP for the regularization of Python install layouts

[Jim Jewett]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:53 PM, VanL <van.lindberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> In part inspired by the virtualenv-in-the-stdlib PEP, I figured that it
> might be a good time to draft up a PEP to fix one of my regular annoyances:
> the ever-so-slightly different layouts for Python between platforms.

Is this something that Python even *can* reasonably control,
particularly on the various Linux distributions?

What might be helpful would be a few more symbolics (if any are
actually missing) and a few test environments that use something
unexpected for each value, so that you *will* notice if you have
hardcoded assumptions specific to your own setup.

-jJ