[Python-Dev] Dropping init.py requirement for subpackages (original) (raw)

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Thu Apr 27 15:21:09 CEST 2006 

>> Not that it would count in any way, but I'd prefer to keep it. How
>> would I mark a subdirectory as "not-a-package" otherwise?

Guido> What's the use case for that? Have you run into this requirement?

Yes, we run into it. We typically install a package with any resources in a resources subdirectory. Now, those resources subdirectories generally don't contain Python files (Glade files are the most frequent occupants), but there's no reason they couldn't contain Python files.

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