[ZODB-Dev] ZEO 2.0a1 release

[Toby Dickenson]

On Friday 14 Jun 2002 2:50 pm, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Toby Dickenson wrote:
> > One minor issue: the function main() in start.py has some trickery to=
 set
> > sys.path with directory containing ZODB and other packages. Previousl=
y
> > you could get by without setting a PYTHONPATH. In this release, it tr=
ies
> > to import several of these packages before main() is run.
> >
> > I suggest doing away with the sys.path trickery, and documenting that=
 you
> > need to set sys.path correctly.
>
> +1.  I think the pattern is that Python applications can safely change
> sys.path, but not Python libraries.

hmm.

start.py is the top level program, not a library.