how do I add site-packages on Windows?

[Tim Peters]

[Chris Gonnerman]
> I've never understood why this is done this way.  In site.py,
> the sys.path setup only adds site-packages on Unixoid OS's.
> On Windows it isn't done.

It is (or will be, from your POV <wink>) in 2.2.

> ...
> Does ANYONE know why this decision was made?

Probably, but not me, and I'm not sure it *was* "a decision".  More likely
is that someone added it for Unix, and didn't have time to worry about a
dozen OSes they didn't use and knew nothing about.