On Mon, Mar 29 2010, Jakub Wilk wrote:
>>
>>> - the binary packages uses obsolete (pre-0.90) python-support
>>> directory layout.
>>
>> Can you point me to the documentation that shows the new
>> python-support directory layout? I seem to have missed the migration.
>
> There is a cursory description of the new layout in
> /usr/share/doc/python-support/README.gz, section "How does it work?"
That seems pretty vague, and does not actually define an
interface for packagers to follow. Here it is, in its entirety:
,----
| Python-support looks for modules in /usr/share/python-support.
| * Private modules (.py files that shouldn't be installed in the default
| sys.path) are handled through a foo.private file, which contains a list
| of files to bytecompile. If the header of the foo.private file contains
| a "pyversion=..." field, they will be bytecompiled with the Python
| version described here, otherwise the current Python version will be
| used.
| * Public modules (.py files that should be installed in the default
| sys.path) are handled through a foo.public file, which contains a
| list of files to install. The files are normally installed in
| /usr/share/pyshared/. They will be installed and bytecompiled in each
| Python specific directory: /usr/lib/pymodules/pythonX.Y/. If the header
| of the foo.public file contains a "pyversions=..." field, it will be
| parsed for the list of python versions the module supports. It should
| look like e.g.:
| 2.2,2.4-
| for a package supporting python2.2, and all versions starting from
| python2.4.
| * Public extensions (.so files) are handled just like public modules:
| they are listed in the foo.public file. However, extensions for each
| pythonX.Y will be located in /usr/lib/pyshared/pythonX.Y/, while they
| are installed in /usr/lib/pymodules/pythonX.Y together with the
| corresponding modules.
`----
Where is this foo.public thing defined?
manoj
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