[issue15048] Manually Installed Python Includes System Wide Paths
New submission from James Kyle : This behavior is present on OS X 10.7 and framework builds. In this case, the /Library/Python/ paths are included in every install. I would consider this behavior non-standard as in most manual python installs only that installations library paths are included. This can lead to surprising and inconsistent behavior if multiple installs are present (very common on osx, e.g. macports + system install). This originated as a macports bug ticket: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/34763 -- assignee: ronaldoussoren components: Macintosh messages: 162648 nosy: James.Kyle, ronaldoussoren priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Manually Installed Python Includes System Wide Paths type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue15048> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue15048] Manually Installed Python Includes System Wide Paths
James Kyle added the comment:
Am I missing something or were the problems delineated in issue #4865 solvable
by simply sys.path.append("/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages")?
What would the process be for reopening this issue for discussion?
I'm not sure this is the right way to address this. For example, what if other
*nix distros started adding their own custom "common" paths, would Python begin
implemented these distro specific deviations from standard behavior?
In my honest opinion, there's an expectation of package isolation in
independent python installs.
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[issue15048] Manually Installed Python Includes System Wide Paths
James Kyle added the comment: Fair enough. Thanks! -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue15048> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue15048] Manually Installed Python Includes System Wide Paths
James Kyle added the comment: I think Ned does have some good points regarding the minimal impact a reversion would have. The most poignant point is that /Library/ on OS X is not a user controlled directory whereas ~/.local is. If ~/.local exists and has packages installed, it's because the user has made a conscious choice. If they regret that choice, they can remove ~/.local. Every package installed in ~/.local is the result of direct action by the user impacted. The same cannot be said for /Library. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue15048> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
