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First: Gary, you keep mentioning that there are "still issues with
PATH" and all of these solutions only take care of part of the
problem.<br>
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What are these other issues? The only issues I know of are the
Python sys.path issue, and fallout from various attempted fixes.<br>
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As for the solutions on the table:<br>
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The current system is for waf to just dump the python libraries in
/usr/ (in theory it might put it somewhere else, but this is where
it has been observed to go) if it encounters a problem. This is
unacceptable. This *will* be removed before 1.1.<br>
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The former system was for waf to install in the correct location,
but for the python libraries to be inaccessible on some distros. The
problem was handled by suggesting to the user that they add the path
to their PYTHONPATH. This is not good either, but in comparison with
the current FHS violation it is acceptable. If no one can agree on a
better solution this is what will be shipped in 1.1.<br>
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For alternate fixes we have rlaager's (!615) fix. The tradeoffs I
see are:<br>
bad: the entire concept is a hideous violation of good import
practices and generally all that is right and proper<br>
good: it Just Works(tm) for any install path you throw at it<br>
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The second fix is .pth files:<br>
bad: it will have to go under /usr/ (or equivalent depending on
exact path)<br>
bad: apparently breaks inter-version seals between different
copies of NTP. But this is true of any distro with /usr/local/<br>
good: it doesn't bypass python versioning <--- This is a Huge
Win over telling users to use PYTHONPATH<br>
good: it works for everyone on a system<br>
good: despite technically violating FHS it does so in a
non-colliding manner<br>
neutral: I'll bet that this doesn't solve the specific variant
of the problem that I've encountered (a weird variant)<br>
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IMHO if we end up defaulting to the old method we should suggest the
user create a .pth file instead of PYTHONPATH. PYTHONPATH is a mess
for this kind of thing.<br>
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