Re: [Straw-devel] where to install the straw libs?

[Jan Alonzo]

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 22:13, Alastair Tse wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 08:06, Jan Michael C. Alonzo wrote:
> > $(LIBDIR)/python2.x/site-packages seems to be for python specific
> > libraries and "supposed to be" not for application libraries. Ross[1]
> > seems to install it in /usr/lib/{straw} and I wonder where do other
> > distros install their package?
> 
> Gentoo Linux installs it in /usr/lib/python*/site-packages. The
> advantage of installing it in /usr/lib/straw is that it means straw
> becomes python version independent. However, in most cases, people only
> actively use one version of python anyway, so there probably isn't much
> of an advantage.

It is an advantage for those who are using 2.3 (esp. developers). No
need to edit Makefile and straw just to adjust what python to use.

> 
> This leads to another question, why does straw use Makefiles rather than
> distutils? Seems like a prime candidate to use distutils because it
> doesn't involve any (C) source code compilation.
> 

I agree.


> > I would like to suggest installing it in /usr/lib/{straw}. Any opinions?
> > suggestions?
> 
> I'm happy either way. /usr/lib/straw is good for keeping it python
> version independent, whereas site-packages is more python-centric,
> keeping all the modules in one place. 

Thanks a lot for the input.

Cheers,
-- 
Jan Alonzo <address@hidden>