[Distutils] Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 250: Summary of comments

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

M.-A. Lemburg writes:
 > I don't think this is an issue since distutils already knows
 > that extension package live in .../site-package on Unix. 

  Frankly, I'm not convinced that there's a need for extinstallpath.
Why not define INSTALL_SCHEMES like this:

if sys.version < "2.2":
    WINDOWS_SCHEME = {
        'purelib': '$base',
        'platlib': '$base',
        'headers': '$base/Include/$dist_name',
        'scripts': '$base/Scripts',
        'data'   : '$base',
        }
else:
    WINDOWS_SCHEME = {
        'purelib': '$base/Lib/site-packages',
        'platlib': '$base/Lib/site-packages',
        'headers': '$base/Include/$dist_name',
        'scripts': '$base/Scripts',
        'data'   : '$base',
        }

INSTALL_SCHEMES = {
    'nt': WINDOWS_SCHEME,
    ...
    }


  -Fred

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