run from source could be nicer - set path, don't pollute namespace

[Robert Collins]

currently AFAICT you're meant to run from source by doing:
ln -s $(pwd)/plugin ~/.bazaar/plugins/wikkid
PYTHONPATH=$(PYTHONPATH):$(pwd)

however this makes 'plugin' turn up as a top level importable called plugin, which while not really ugly is a bit unexpected. Secondly, the PYTHONPATH export is a bit ugly.

Perhaps it would be nicer to when importing wikkid if you get a not-found, try importing it from abspath(__file__)/../wikkid/

[Tim Penhey (thumper)]

Actually I run from source by not using the bzr plugin.

I go ./bin/wikkid-serve <branch>

But I'm interested in what you are saying here.

[Vincent Ladeuil (vila)]

I do :
  ln -s ~/src/wikkid/current/wikkid ~/lib/python/wikkid
  ln -s ~/src/wikkid/current/plugin ~/.bazaar/plugins/wikkid

instead, but I of course I have ~/lib/python already in my PYTHONPATH.

I also noticed the code duplication between bin/wikkid-serve and plugin/commands..py cmd_wikkid...

Using wikkid-serve in my case will also require:
  ln -s ~/src/wikkid/current/bin/wikkid-serve ~bin/wikkid-serve
(since I have ~/bin in PATH already)

Again, this is mostly a concern if one want to run it from sources.

[Vincent Ladeuil (vila)]

See also bug #586861, not a dupe but same area.