[Distutils] Distutils on embedded devices - was Cache PYTHONPATH? (Re: make unzipped eggs be the default)

[Robert Kern]

On 2009-07-29 18:20, David Lyon wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:58:13 -0500, Robert Kern<robert.kern at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> My site-packages directory would like a word with you:
>>
>> [~]$ cd /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current
>> [Current]$ du -hsc .
>> 1.5G    .
>> 1.5G    total
>> [Current]$ du -hsc lib/python2.5/site-packages
>> 1.4G    lib/python2.5/site-packages
>> 1.4G    total
>
> ok - so what are you complaining about? you have a 1.4G drive
> or more...

I am not complaining about anything. I am disputing your assertion that "3rd
party packages don't impact the size of the whole python installation
that much." That's not a universally true statement.

-- 
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