Python Library Cleanups

[Eric S. Raymond]

Gary E. Miller via devel <devel at ntpsec.org>:
> > 2. Gary files a bug upstream to the Python devs detailing how
> > get_python_lib() is implicated in FHS nonconformance. Gary, you
> > willing?
> 
> I'm feeling like a broken record.  The current behavior is a feature,
> not a bug.  You know I love to bash Python, but in this case they
> got it right.
> 
> If the user is installing code from source, then it should not
> be executable by default.  For the same reason /usr/local/bin is
> not in the standard PATH, the /usr/local/lib/pythonx.x/ is not
> in the PYTHONPATH.
> 
> If you are gonna file a bug on PYTHONPATH, you gotta file one on 
> PATH.  Just don't put my name on it.
> 
> And I still feel there is a middle ground here that might work, but it
> is not immediately obvious.

Are you sure we're still talking about the same problem?

At this point it looks very much as though:

1. Our code was accidentally FHS-correct, but not doing what it should,
   which is calling get_python_lib().

2. Fred's patch changed it to do the right thing, call get_python_lib()...

3. ...which unmasked an upstream Python bug breaking FHS conformance.

Does this match your understanding?
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