another distutils question

[Robert Kern]

Eric S. Johansson wrote:

> Now I get to puzzle out how to install the CGI plus images plus 
> stylesheets plus plus plus mess.  Probably a bit outside of the scope of 
> distutils even if the CGI programs are Python.  ;-)

I recommend installing the data inside the package itself. In 2.4, use the 
package_data keyword in setup().

   http://docs.python.org/dist/node12.html

For 2.3, I recommend using setuptools which packports this feature. Actually, I 
recommend setuptools regardless as it provides a utility for locating the 
package data from inside your code.

   http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools
   http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/PkgResources

2.2 is tricky, but there are ways. Let me know if you need them.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco