[Python-Dev] Python and the Linux Standard Base (LSB)

[Armin Rigo]

Hi Martin,

On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 07:56:34PM +0100, "Martin v. L?wis" wrote:
> People use distutils for other purposes today as well, and these
> purposes might be supported now.

OK, makes some kind of sense.  I suppose (as you point out in another
thread) that the issue is that distros generally don't have a way to say
that if a machine has both, say, tcl/tk and python installed, then
_tkinter.so would be a natural thing to have as well.  Similarly, if it
has got both python and gcc (which is quite common nowadays) then
'config' is a minor addition that would be quite handy -- even more so
than _tkinter.so, because unless you go and hack, it's not obvious to me
how you can install a 'config' in your home dir and have the system
python pick it up.


A bientot,

Armin