[Python-Dev] pkgutil, pkg_resource and Python 3.0 name space packages (original) (raw)

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Sun Jan 6 20:46:28 CET 2008

On 06/01/2008, Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com> wrote:

What concerned me was your comment:

E.g. an user wants to overwrite Python's databases.sqlite with a newer version of sqlite Maybe the situation is different here, but having someone installing a different version of sqlite behind my back makes me nervous.

Yes, that concerned me. Whether possible or not, I see this as bad practice in general. On the other hand, allowing cx_Oracle to register itself as databases.cx_Oracle - which is the basic "namespace" functionality - is something I feel is important. (I have no idea if the cx_Oracle author would want to do this, but I think the option should be available).

Paul.

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