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

Wed Feb 22 15:52:21 CET 2012

On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:33:32 +0100
+Marja van Waes <marja11 at xs4all.nl> wrote:
+> Sounds indeed like there is no urgent reason for a change. Besides, 
+> python-virtualenv users who run both Mageia and Mandriva, or switch 
+> between them, will probably be glad the package behaves the same in both 
+> distro's :)
+> 
+> It's a pity no python-virtualenv users seem interested in this 
+> discussion. There is a (small?) chance they missed it because the 
+> subject line of the first message in the thread didn't mention the 
+> package name, though.
+
+To give a bit of context, the bug was already open against Mandriva:
+https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=50484
+Mageia simply inherited Mandriva's policy:
+https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3348
+
+The reason you might not hear much about python-virtualenv users is
+that:
+
+1. they are likely to have already fixed their system as I did (i.e.,
+   remove the PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE setting);
+
+2. they are likely to fetch the upstream virtualenv, since it's a
+   trivial package to install.
+
+Regards
+
+Antoine.
+
+
+