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There is one -- and preferably only one -- obvious way to do it[1]. The trouble is that it's steeped in 1990s assumptions about system administration, user know
by empthought 9y ago
There is one -- and preferably only one -- obvious way to do it[1]. The trouble is that it's steeped in 1990s assumptions about system administration, user knowledge, and deployment environments.
[1]: You put the third party code in /usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages.
- geocar 9y agoNo, the trouble is that it's wrong. We knew[1] it was wrong in the 1990s, but /usr/local is a "best practice", and these people who believe "best practices" are more important than solid engineering breed faster. Camacho for president 2020. [1]: http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage/studies.html http://cr.yp.to/slashpackage/studies.html
- empthought 9y agoThe Zen of Python just says that there is one and preferably only one obvious way to do it. It doesn't say anything about whether that way is right or wrong.