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Ticket #3147 (closed: fixed)

Opened 2 years ago

Last modified 2 years ago

[patch] Add Path files to docs contributing/#using-branches

Reported by: Waylan Limberg <waylan@gmail.com> Assigned to: jacob
Milestone: Component: Documentation
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Cc: waylan@gmail.com Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: 1 Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 Patch needs improvement: 0

Description

Path files are a nice alternative to symlinks that work one all (most?) systems, including Windows. Here is a patch to the Docs adding path files as an alternative.

Relevant threads: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/bd1417a08e37774a/ http://groups-beta.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/c306ce94f49fae00/

Relevant links: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-site.html http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2005/02/06/using-pth-files-for-python-development/

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path_files.diff (1.7 kB) - added by Waylan Limberg <waylan@gmail.com> on 12/15/06 15:46:47.
Add explanation and example of path files to docs.

Change History

12/15/06 15:46:47 changed by Waylan Limberg <waylan@gmail.com>

  • attachment path_files.diff added.

Add explanation and example of path files to docs.

01/22/07 19:30:57 changed by Simon G. <dev@simon.net.nz>

  • version deleted.
  • stage changed from Unreviewed to Ready for checkin.

02/10/07 02:55:18 changed by mtredinnick

  • status changed from new to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

(In [4479]) Fixed #3147 -- documented how to use .pth files for easy switching between different versions of the code. Thanks to Waylan Limberg for the patch.

Add/Change #3147 ([patch] Add Path files to docs contributing/#using-branches)




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