PYTHONSITEDIR environment variable

Christian Heimes lists at cheimes.de
Tue Sep 9 14:45:05 EDT 2008


ago wrote:
> The only thing I would add is that in my experience I often use
> different working-envs for different projects, so I'd prefer to have a
> more generic solution as opposed to a single working-env per user. The
> latter could still be achieved by setting the appropriate environment
> variable in the user profile. Do you think it would be possible to
> accommodate for the above in your PEP?

Isn't PYTHONUSERBASE sufficient for your needs? The env var alters the 
base directory.

I can neither change the PEP nor the implementation at this stage of the 
development cycle. Python 2.6 and 3.0 are in beta and the API is set in 
stone.

Christian




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