Re: [gentoo-dev] New eclass for Python

["Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@gentoo.org>]

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Am Mittwoch 29 Februar 2012, 21:24:49 schrieb Krzysztof Pawlik:
> > Second, there doesn't seem to be any support for packages that do not
> > install in python's site-packages and do not allow multiple python ABIs.
> > If I have, for example, a package that installs python modules
> > in /usr/lib/appname or /usr/share/appname, how can I specify that
> > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2.6" or "python2.7" or "python3.2" is allowed, but
> > something like PYTHON_TARGETS="python2.7 python3.2" is not?
> 
> You're correct, note that I've stressed that this eclass is mainly for
> distutils-based packages. I'm not using Gnome, so can you provide some
> package examples that I can look at?
> 
> <personal opinion>
> If package decides to use given language then please, please play by the
> rules set by the rest of world (Ruby -> gems, Python -> distutils, Perl ->
> CPAN, PHP -> PEAR).
> 
> I don't like installing Python code outside of site-packages, the only
> exception to that rule is portage (at least for now).
> </personal opinion>

We will hit the same problem with KDE (actually we already hit it): it has 
various types of scripting support, and each installs a KDE library linked to 
whatever language interpreter.

(Now, that library- is it a Python/Ruby library or a KDE library? Because it 
is at the proper place for KDE stuff :)

It's not just about calling an external language but also about embedding the 
interpreter for in-app scripting... and KDE rather heavily relies on python.

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Andreas K. Huettel
Gentoo Linux developer 
dilfridge@gentoo.org
http://www.akhuettel.de/


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