Re: Down with PYTHONPATH!

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

>> GUIX_PYTHON2PATH / GUIX_PYTHON3PATH is as solution that’s really just a
>> variant of what we’ve been doing all along (with PYTHONPATH), and it has
>> precedent in GUIX_LOCPATH, GUIX_GTK2_IM_MODULE_FILE, and
>> GUIX_GTK3_IM_MODULE_FILE.  It’s a simple solution and removing it later
>> when a better solution comes along has virtually no costs.
>
> I agree… except for using the argument of there being a precedent,
> because these were not solutions we were particularly proud of I think.
> :-)

Yes, those solutions aren’t pretty but they are well understood and have
no surprising behaviour, which is what I meant.  GUIX_PYTHON2/3PATH
would be a boring solution that works just like the others I listed.

--
Ricardo