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

[Antoine Pitrou]

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.