Re: 'python-build-system'

[Ludovic Courtès]

Nikita Karetnikov <address@hidden> skribis:

>> With these changes in place, OK to commit.
>
> I've just pushed both patches.  Please have a look.
>
>> To answer your previous question, this ‘wrap’ phase serves a different
>> (but related) purpose than the ‘native-search-paths’ thing: it ensures
>> that the ‘bzr’ program, when run by the user, finds all its Python
>> modules.
>
> I know.  But why do we need to use 'native-search-paths' to set
> PYTHONPATH if we wrap all executables anyway?  What is the purpose of
> 'native-search-paths' in this case?

Not all Python packages have binaries, and when they do, they can often
be used either as stand-alone binaries or as Python modules.

Does that clarify?

Ludo’.