From: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
To: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Subject: Re: Why do we use /usr/lib/python to install python libraries?
Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:00:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4488D643.7020207@us.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200606090245.10193.mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk>
Mark Williamson wrote:
>> This seems exceptionally evil and is definitely a PITA. What was the
>> original problem that led us to do this? I'd like to take a stab at
>> correcting it so we can have a more sane installation.
>>
>
> I thought it involved some pain early one with supporting different Python
> versions in different distros? Maybe with the binary installer?
>
> Of course I could be talking bunk - it's been like that for a loooooong time
> and my memory was better when I was younger ;-)
>
Yeah, this is why I asked. I have vague recollections of this
discussion too but can't remember the exact reasons. I'm hoping that
we've gotten smarter since then and can find a better solution :-)
Regards,
Anthony Liguori
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-09 2:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-09 1:09 Why do we use /usr/lib/python to install python libraries? Anthony Liguori
2006-06-09 1:45 ` Mark Williamson
2006-06-09 2:00 ` Anthony Liguori [this message]
2006-06-09 6:51 ` Keir Fraser
2006-06-09 18:18 ` Anthony Liguori
2006-06-09 18:49 ` Matt Ayres
2006-06-14 7:32 ` Ewan Mellor
2006-06-14 11:45 ` Anthony Liguori
2006-06-14 13:58 ` Ewan Mellor
2006-06-14 15:31 ` John Levon
2006-06-14 16:13 ` Ewan Mellor
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