[spambayes-dev] Re: [Spambayes] Big changes to cvs

[Skip Montanaro]

    Tony> In case someone else does ;), the context is where people have run
    Tony> "setup.py install" and therefore have had the spambayes scripts
    Tony> put into their python scripts directory, rather than those that
    Tony> run them from a separate spambayes directory.  (Installing into a
    Tony> separate directory was discussed, but someone said that it would
    Tony> also have troubles.  It all got over my head quickly ;)

On Unix systems it's not uncommon for packages to install in
/usr/local/<packagename>, with corresponding bin, etc, include, lib
directories underneath.  The (minor) problem this creates is that people
must either reference executables directly or add the directories of
interest to PATH.  It has the added benefits that people who don't want to
use the package aren't bothered with more stuff cluttering their namespace,
and assuming you pick reasonable package names name clashes are avoided
altogether.  If we're concerned about name clashes that approach would be
preferable to me.

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