Python Library Cleanups

[Eric S. Raymond]

Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>:
> > And I would so regard it if [setting PYTHONPATH] were ever required on
> > Linux or FreeBSD. I have had no report of this.
> 
> It's required on Fedora.  I set it up ages ago.  I think that was the 
> 
> I get the same on FreeBSD.

Well, shit.  That changes things.

Now we have to fix this.  The only question is how long to delay the release.

> Should ntpq be able to print its version string without any libraries?

That'd be nice, but one feature of the current organization is that there's
a version-reporting function all the Python code can share.

Patching around that problem by duplicating that function would treat
a symptom. I'd rather fix the underlying problem.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>

My work is funded by the Internet Civil Engineering Institute: https://icei.org
Please visit their site and donate: the civilization you save might be your own.