From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Allan Webber Subject: Re: Python and propagation Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:13:28 -0800 Message-ID: <87d1rkg447.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <87fuwpprfx.fsf@dustycloud.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55557) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYyXj-0001vT-Rk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:13:32 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYyXj-0001KX-7y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:13:31 -0500 Received: from dustycloud.org ([2600:3c02::f03c:91ff:feae:cb51]:60578) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aYyXj-0001Jz-0X for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:13:31 -0500 In-reply-to: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: guix-devel Ricardo Wurmus writes: >> If you're adding a "gmg_frobnicator" plugin, can MediaGoblin find >> gmg_frobnicator on its PYTHONPATH when run? > > It would not affect the loading of plugins, as far as I imagine it, > because plugins would deal with their search paths by themselves (e.g. = a > user adds them to the PYTHONPATH). Since we only augment the load path > instead of replacing it, $PYTHONPATH will always be available. So the > answer to this question is =E2=80=9Cyes=E2=80=9D, I think. Sounds like my worries are unfounded then. I'm all for it!