[Python-Dev] PEP 382: little help for stupid people?

[Chris Withers]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> The much more common use case is that of wanting to have a base package
> installation which optional add-ons that live in the same logical
> package namespace.
> 
> The PEP provides a way to solve this use case by giving both developers
> and users a standard at hand which they can follow without having to
> rely on some non-standard helpers and across Python implementations.
> 
> My proposal tries to solve this without adding yet another .pth
> file like mechanism - hopefully in the spirit of the original Python
> package idea.

Okay, I need to issue a plea for a little help.

I think I kinda get what this PEP is about now, and as someone who wants 
  to ship a base package with several add-ons that live in the same 
logical package namespace, I'm very interested.

However, despite trying to follow this thread *and* having tried to read 
the PEP a couple of times, I still don't know how I'd go about doing this.

I did give some examples from what I'd be looking to do much earlier.

I'll ask again in the vague hope of you or someone else explaining 
things to me like I'm a 5 year old - something I'm mentally equipped to 
be well ;-)

In either of the proposals on the table, what code would I write and 
where to have a base package with a set of add-on packages?

Simple examples would be greatly appreciated, and might bring things 
into focus for some of the less mentally able bystanders - like myself!

cheers,

Chris

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