[Gdal-dev] Python next-gen bindings enabled in trunk

[William Kyngesburye]

On Oct 19, 2007, at 9:05 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> Christopher Barker wrote:
>> William Kyngesburye wrote:
>>> Another issue to consider: where to install the python script  
>>> programs.  Currently they aren't installed at all.
>> Hmm. the usual place for python scripts installed with distutils  
>> in the python scripts dir. On Linux, I think that's usually  
>> something like /usr/local/bin. With an OS-X Framework build, it's  
>> something like:
>> /Library/Frameworks/Python......2.5/bin
>> (or something like that, inside the framework anyway -- not on a  
>> Mac now)
>> However, it might be more appropriate to put it in the GDAL  
>> "prefix" location, as, ideally, fact that the scripts are python  
>> is an implementation detail.
>> It may not matter much, as either location should be on the users  
>> PATH.
>
> Chris,
>
> I agree.  I think python scripts should be installed by the makefile,
> not setup.py, and should end up whereever the other utility programs
> are installed.
>
I left that thought open, but in the gdal prefix/bin is good, and  
it's where the old-gen python scripts are installed.

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