[Python-ideas] problems with import

[Peter Otten]

Neal Becker wrote:

> 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?

Isn't that addressed with "PEP 420 -- Implicit Namespace Packages?

http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0420/