[Python-Dev] bdist_* to stdlib? (original) (raw)

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Wed Feb 15 20:23:22 CET 2006

On Feb 15, 2006, at 4:49 AM, Jan Claeys wrote:

Op wo, 15-02-2006 te 14:00 +1300, schreef Greg Ewing:

I'm disappointed that the various Linux distributions still don't seem to have caught onto the very simple idea of not scattering files all over the place when installing something.

MacOSX seems to be the only system so far that has got this right -- organising the system so that everything related to a given application or library can be kept under a single directory, clearly labelled with a version number. Those directories might be mounted on entirely different hardware (even over a network), often with different characteristics (access speed, writeability, etc.).

Huh? What does that have to do with anything? I've never seen a
system where /usr/include, /usr/lib, /usr/bin, etc. are not all on
the same mount. It's not really any different with OS X either.

-bob

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