Yes, not too long ago I installed "every" Python package on Ubuntu, and Python basically would not start. Perhaps some plugin system was trying to import everything and caused a segfault in GTK. The "short sys.path" model of everything installed is importable has its limits.
On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:24 AM Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote: > On Jul 07, 2016, at 08:12 AM, Eric V. Smith wrote: > > >One thing to keep in mind if we do this is how it interacts with the -S > >command line option to not include site-packages in sys.path. I currently > use > >-S to basically mean "give my python as it was distributed, and don't > include > >anything that was subsequently added by adding other RPM's (or package > >manager of your choice)". I realize that's a rough description, and > possibly > >an abuse of -S. If using -S were to start excluding parts of the stdlib, > that > >would be a problem for me. > > It's an important consideration, and leads to another discussion that's > recurred over the years. Operating systems often want an "isolated" > Python, > similar to what's given by -I, which cannot be altered by subsequent > installs. It's one of the things that lead to the Debian ecosystem using > dist-packages for PyPI installed packages. Without isolation, it's just > too > easy for some random PyPI thing to break your system, and yes, that has > really > happened in the past. > > So if we go down the path of moving more of the stdlib to site-packages, we > also need to get serious about a system-specific isolated Python. > > Cheers, > -Barry > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/dholth%40gmail.com >
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