[Python-Dev] PEP 402: Simplified Package Layout and Partitioning (original) (raw)

Vinay Sajip vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Aug 12 10:47:30 CEST 2011

Éric Araujo <merwok netwok.org> writes:

Besides, putting data files in a Python package is held very poorly by some (mostly people following the File Hierarchy Standard), and in distutils2/packaging, we (will) have a resources system that’s as convenient for users and more flexible for OS packagers. Using file for more than information on the module is frowned upon for other reasons anyway (I talked about a Debian developer about this one day but forgot), so I think the limitation is okay.

The FHS does not apply in all scenarios - not all Python code is deployed/packaged at system level. For example, plug-ins (such as Django apps) are often not meant to be installed by a system-level packager. This might also be true in scenarios where Python is embedded into some other application. It's really useful to be able to co-locate packages with their data (e.g. in a zip file) and I don't think all instances of putting data files in a package are to be frowned upon.

Regards,

Vinay Sajip

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