[PATCH] bug 174806

Michael Witten mfwitten at gmail.com
Sat Apr 11 23:02:58 CEST 2009


2009/4/11 Thiago Macieira <thiago at kde.org>:
>
> Well, if we detect Python 2.6, then we should install to the KDE prefix by
> default. The problem then is, of course, the surprise factor: if someone
> upgrades, suddenly KDE starts installing to the wrong path.
>
> I recommend, instead, that we default to the KDE prefix and, if Python 2.5
> or earlier is detected, we print a big warning at the end of the cmake
> run, saying that you will not be able to run and that you should set the
> PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR variable instead. Even make it a fatal error.

I have already done ALL of this work.

Did nobody read my patches?

I have been too busy to to clean up the asthaetic issues that have
kept it out of trunk, but I honestly believe that my solution is the
fullest and most superior suggestion (and implementation) yet.

Please take a look.


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