RE: [Xen-devel] debian python-install.patch (3 of 5)

[Adam Heath <doogie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005, Brian Wolfe wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 18:00 +0000, Ian Pratt wrote:
> >  > > >  --home causes python's distutils to install into
> > > > > /usr/lib/python/, while
> > > > >  --root causes it to install into
> > > > > /usr/lib/python$ver/site-packages, which
> > > > >  is the more correct location.
> > > Er, in all packages I have ever used, make dist has given me
> > > a tree(which is
> > > normally placed into a tar by upstream, and 'dist'ributed,
> > > hence the name),
> > > that can then be optionally overlayed ontop an already
> > > installed system.
> >
> > Yes, but its quite usual for bpeople to install Xen on a different
> > system to which is was built (e.g. our binary install tar file).
> > Installing into /usr/lib/python/ means that it'll be found on the module
> > search path, whereas /usr/lib/python$ver/site-packages will only work if
> > the version is the same.
>
> Mind please that I have no empirical proof, just personal experience and
> opinions/preferences expressed to me by admins I know.
>
> I would have to disagree here. If Xen is to be taken seriously in a
> commercial environment, then it's going to have to be available as a
> dist binary from either redhat, suse, debina, or another top level linux
> distro IMHO.
>
> Having to compile things for every machine tends to turn potential users
> off that aren't programmers or gentoo/*bsd afficianados from my
> experience.
>
> Heck, this is why I stated packaging 1.3 in the first place. I just
> couldn't deal with deploying by hand every couple of days. I really
> needed it to be automatic as possible.

You don't actually come out for or against any variation. :|


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