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

Jan Claeys lists at janc.be
Thu Feb 16 19:09:37 CET 2006


Op wo, 15-02-2006 te 11:23 -0800, schreef Bob Ippolito:

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.

> 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.

Paths like /etc, /var, /srv, /usr/include and /usr/share are good candidates to be on another mount than the bin & lib directories...

BTW, Mac-style packages do exist for Linux too, if you prefer that. Look e.g. at Klik: <http://klik.atekon.de/>

-- Jan Claeys



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