phillip j eby moetelecommunitycom 1018 pm 3192008 0600 zooko wrote fact easy_install creates sitepy changes semantics pythonpath probably widely deservedly hated example kind thing 2 yep unfortunate side effect eggs growing outside original ecological niche without site hack impossible install eggs user directories avoid installation conflicts specifically someone installed package pythonpath distutils installed later version using setuptools setuptoolsinstalled version would always end syspath distutilsinstalled version detecting condition handling properly major problem users easy_install wanted work standardization pep 262style installation database still needed address problems mention uninstallation maybe package manager folks paying attention something 2 httpwwwrittauorgblog2007072602 pjes suggested trivial fix satisfy objectors cant support use case cd somepkg python setuppy install cd python c import somepkg well replaces hack complained problem hack introduced fix properly fix need metadata standard owns packages probably include information tool installation system packagers either tell pythonlevel tools keep hands tell python run tool question _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 124612 0400 pythondev distutilssig pythonpath installation pep 365 adding pkg_resources module