> you should not install into /usr/lib/python2.6 yourself. this has the potential to override system compnents.
Indeed, to avoid this I was used to set the prefix to /usr/local and I recommended this also when giving instructions for installing a module - but this recommendation fails now on Jaunty, as /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages is not in the sys.path anymore.
I see the renaming to dist-packages is pretty useful. To be sure here: /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages is reserved for custom Python installations and will not be part of the default sys.path anymore?
> you should not install into /usr/lib/python2.6 yourself. this has the potential to override system compnents.
Indeed, to avoid this I was used to set the prefix to /usr/local and I recommended this also when giving instructions for installing a module - but this recommendation fails now on Jaunty, as /usr/local/ lib/python2. 6/site- packages is not in the sys.path anymore.
> see https:/ /lists. ubuntu. com/archives/ ubuntu- devel/2009- February/ 027439. html
I see the renaming to dist-packages is pretty useful. To be sure here: /usr/local/ lib/python2. 6/site- packages is reserved for custom Python installations and will not be part of the default sys.path anymore?