[Numpy-discussion] 1.6.0b1 installs stuff in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/doc

[Ralf Gommers]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Robert Kern <robert.kern at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:00, Ralf Gommers <ralf.gommers at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Orion Poplawski <orion at cora.nwra.com> wrote:
>>> I'm looking at updating the numpy package in Fedora rawhide to 1.6.0b1.  It
>>> appears to install a bunch of suff in /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/doc
>>> (see below for examples).  This seems wrong.  Thoughts?
>>
>> That is indeed wrong. It's caused by the following in setup.py:
>>
>>    # we want these files also in binaries/installed files, so it belongs here
>>    # instead of in Manifest.in
>>    config.add_data_files(('doc/cython/'),
>>                          ('doc/pyrex/'),
>>                          ('doc/swig/'))
>>
>> Maybe those three dirs should be moved from doc/ to numpy/doc/ in the
>> source tree?
>
> It's not clear to me how they were included in the Windows .exe
> installer originally (the original ticket that led to this
> change[1088]). I don't think it was through the generic setup.py. The
> proper fix would probably be something specific to each binary
> installer.
>
> [1088] http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/1088

I'm not sure how this was done at first (maybe someone remembers?), it
kind of hard to search for that in the history. But something specific
for each way of installing sounds fragile. The first question to be
answered is where these files should be installed to. The current
location is obviously wrong.

If it is under numpy/doc/swig/ etc. then moving them there in the
source tree itself seems logical. Those dirs are not used to build the
user and reference guides, so there's no need for them to stay where
they are.

Ralf