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[Python-Dev] Python install layout and the PATH on win32

Glenn Linderman v+python at g.nevcal.com
Sat Mar 17 02:36:12 CET 2012 
On 3/16/2012 6:25 PM, Carl Meyer wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> On 03/16/2012 05:53 PM, Mark Hammond wrote:
>> * All executables and scripts go into the root of the Python install.
>> This directory is largely empty now - it is mainly a container for other
>> directories.  This would solve the problem of needing 2 directories on
>> the PATH and mean existing tools which locate the executable would work
>> fine.
> I hate to seem like I'm piling on now after panning your last brainstorm
> :-), but... this would be quite problematic for virtualenv users, many
> of whom do rely on the fact that the virtualenv "stuff" is confined to
> within a limited set of known subdirectories, and they can overlay a
> virtualenv and their own project code with just a few virtualenv
> directories vcs-ignored.
>
> I would prefer either the status quo or the proposed cross-platform
> harmonization.

Yes, it seems fruitless to make directory structure changes without 
achieving cross-platform consistency.
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