[Python-Dev] PEP 297: Support for System Upgrades (original) (raw)

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:33:33 +0100

Barry A. Warsaw wrote:

"GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes: GvR> Excellent point. GvR> Or a micro-release should clear out the system-packages GvR> directory. The only reason I'd rather not do that is so that if a package still needs an update for the new Python micro release, a sysadmin could at least copy the package over from one version to the next.

+1

Ok, then, let's call the dir "site-upgrades-" with being major.minor.patchlevel.

It seems that only site.py needs to be changed. Hmm, but what happens if someone invokes Python with -S (don't load site.py) ?

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