user release.debian....@packages.debian.org usertag 606870 squeeze-will-remove kthxbye
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 17:34:32 +0100, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > Package: python-openturns > Version: 0.13.2-6 > Severity: serious > > Severity: serious as this breaks random other packages (like > castle-combat). > > Packages shipping their public modules in the dist-packages directory > should never need to add their own namespace to sys.path. Unfortunately > openturns does so: > > % cat /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/openturns.pth > openturns > > This breaks various random packages as openturns comes with common > module names like 'common' and 'test'. > Please note that there is never a need for packages which ship their > modules in dist-packages to modify sys.path - you can always import them > by using modulename.module. > > I'm not sure what the reason in http://trac.openturns.org/ticket/67 was > to add the .pth file, but doing so was just wrong. > I'll schedule openturns for removal from squeeze if this doesn't get fixed in the next few days. Cheers, Julien
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