[Python-Dev] Re: Patch level versions and new features (Was: Some dull gc stats)

[Guido van Rossum]

> >>>>> "MAL" == M  <mal@lemburg.com> writes:
> 
>     MAL> Anyway, regardless of how we do it, we need to add the
>     MAL> 'system-packages' dir to just before the '.../lib/pythonX.X'
>     MAL> entry in sys.path. If there's consent about this, I'd suggest
>     MAL> to move ahead in this direction as first step.
> 
> +1
> 
> Perhaps also backport to 2.2 and (maybe? maybe not?) 2.1.

Smells like a new feature to me, so -1 on a 2.2 backport.  I haven't
seen enough of this thread to comment on this for 2.3.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)