[Mageia-dev] python-virtualenv: package default settings question

Tue Feb 21 10:42:20 CET 2012

On 20/02/12 20:15, Lev Givon wrote:
+> See https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3358#c3
+> Anyone care to comment?
+>
+> 					L.G.
+To make replying easier, here is the question from the above link:
+
+>  By default, virtualenv creates virtual environments using setuptools rather
+>  than distribute. This causes virtualenv to complain if  PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE
+>  is set (which is the default in Mageia):
+
+>  The PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE environment variable is not compatible with
+>  setuptools. Either use --distribute or unset PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE.
+
+>  Do we effectively want to require users to explicitly set the variable in order
+>  to use virtualenv with its default settings? (If we do, I can add an
+>  installation message to the package to warn users to unset the variable
+>  themselves.)
+
+
+To me current behaviour as described above sounds strange, even irritating, but I'm not a packager and I don't even use the package, so I don't know enough.
+
+@ Lev
+I understand in Mandriva virtualenv the default settings can be used without having to unset a variable, and that that doesn't cause other problems.
+Is that correct?
+
+If so, and if no one cares to reply to this mail or in the bug report, I think you can just go ahead and change the default environment variable from
+PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE to whatever Mandriva's default is. If that causes any new problems, we'll find out soon enough when the package is in cauldron ;)
+
+Regards,
+Marja
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