[Python-Dev] PEP: per user site-packages directory (original) (raw)

Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven asmodai at in-nomine.org
Mon Jan 21 14:03:44 CET 2008

-On [20080116 07:15], "Martin v. Löwis" (martin at v.loewis.de) wrote:

I don't understand why they have to do that. I can believe they do that as they don't know better - but why can't they use the Python interpreter already available on the system, and just install additional packages in their home directory?

Good question. I guess there just isn't a clear and precise document available to point them at. I'll be glad to (help) write such an article.

For that, I think the requirements need to be much more explicit.

Yeah, sorry, have not had the time available to verify all cases Christian reported versus what I can think of. Impending surgery tends to distract the mind a bit. ;)

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