[Python-ideas] problems with import

[Neal Becker]

One problem I often encounter is with import search.

An example of the problem is with the package mercurial.  It has extensions in a 
subdirectory called 'hgext'.

On fedora, I install mercurial using the vendor package.  This creates

/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/hgext/

Later, I want to try out an extension as a non-privileged user.

cd <extension>
python setup.py install --user

Now I also have
~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/hgext

but python won't search there for extensions.  Once if finds the system hgext 
directory, it won't look also in the local one.

Any thoughts?