virtualpython / workingenv / virtualenv ... shouldn't this be part of python

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On Jan 11, 11:45 am, Christian Heimes <li... at cheimes.de> wrote:
> Damjan wrote:
> > My question is, shoudn't it be enough to set PYTHONPATH and everything
> > automagically to work then? Is there some work done on this for python 3.0
> > or 2.6 perhaps?
>
> I'm working on a PEP for a per user site dir for 2.6 and 3.0
>
> Christian

What about security holes, like a malicious version of socket getting
downloaded into a user's directory, and overriding the default, safe
version? Don't forget that in your PEP.