Opened 17 years ago

Closed 17 years ago

#3147 closed enhancement (fixed)

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

Reported by: Waylan Limberg <waylan@…> Owned by: Jacob
Component: Documentation Version:
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc: waylan@… Triage Stage: Ready for checkin
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

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/

Attachments (1)

path_files.diff​ (1.7 KB ) - added by Waylan Limberg <waylan@…> 17 years ago.
Add explanation and example of path files to docs.

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Change History (3)

by Waylan Limberg <waylan@…>, 17 years ago

Attachment: path_files.diff​ added

Add explanation and example of path files to docs.

comment:1 by Simon G. <dev@…>, 17 years ago

Triage Stage: Unreviewed → Ready for checkin
Version: SVN

comment:2 by Malcolm Tredinnick, 17 years ago

Resolution: → fixed
Status: new → closed

(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.

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