python2.6 related changes

[Matthias Klose]

Vincent Untz schrieb:
> Le dimanche 22 février 2009, à 15:18 +0100, Matthias Klose a écrit :
>> Morten Kjeldgaard schrieb:
>>> I probably misunderstood something, because I don't see how just
>>> renaming "site-packages" to "dist-packages" will accomplish anything.
>>>
>>> It's not that "dist-packages" is reserved for dpkg installed modules,
>>> while "site-packages" is for local installations?
>> /usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages is the standard site dir for a python
>> installation done in /usr/local (without options). Debian does include
>> /usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages in sys.path as well. Many (upstream)
>> developers complain that two python installation should not get into it's way.
> 
> If upstream developers complain about it, shouldn't this be fixed
> upstream? This would make it work in all distros/OS...

The upstreams did complain about the inclusion of a path in /usr/local to
sys.path in Debian's python. Here expectations/practice of Debian users/devels
clash with expections from others.