[Python-Dev] Python install layout and the PATH on win32 (original) (raw)

Glenn Linderman v+python at g.nevcal.com
Sat Mar 17 02:36:12 CET 2012

On 3/16/2012 6:25 PM, Carl Meyer wrote:

Hi Mark,

On 03/16/2012 05:53 PM, Mark Hammond wrote: * All executables and scripts go into the root of the Python install. This directory is largely empty now - it is mainly a container for other directories. This would solve the problem of needing 2 directories on the PATH and mean existing tools which locate the executable would work fine. I hate to seem like I'm piling on now after panning your last brainstorm :-), but... this would be quite problematic for virtualenv users, many of whom do rely on the fact that the virtualenv "stuff" is confined to within a limited set of known subdirectories, and they can overlay a virtualenv and their own project code with just a few virtualenv directories vcs-ignored. I would prefer either the status quo or the proposed cross-platform harmonization.

Yes, it seems fruitless to make directory structure changes without achieving cross-platform consistency. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20120316/f2a00b6f/attachment.html>

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