RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Make non-native python path handling a fallback

["Ian Pratt" <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Although I don't really agree with the installing of the 
> python bits to the non-native paths, I can see where it's 
> useful as long as the module ABI doesn't change if you're 
> trying to distribute binary tarballs.  But with the current 
> handling it adds module lookup costs for the native path case 
> (which would be the norm) as well as prevents using 
> PYTHONPATH to look to a different location for the modules.
> 
> The attached patch changes things so that at first, the xen 
> module is attempted to be imported from the stock paths.  If 
> we get an ImportError exception, then it adds /usr/lib/python 
> to the end of the python path and imports again.

Do you prefer this to just unconditionally addding /usr/lib/python to
the end of the path rather than the front?

Ian 

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