[omniORB] request for dropping site-packages/PortableServer* from omniorbpy

[Thomas Lockhart]

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> maybe it's a solution (compromise) to have an option for configure to
> skip installing the standard conformant files in site-packages
> directory?
> That option can than be used by distributions to install omniORBpy and
> other python CORBA impl's so that they all can live side-by-side...

Well if they did that they would be living outside the law, since afaict 
they would no longer conform to the standard python mapping defined by 
the OMG. Until the standard changes, you should not be allowed to have 
both ORBs available in the same namespace.

You *could* install them into separate areas, then use extra code or 
environment variables to access them in a standards-compliant way (since 
the standard does not forbid manipulating the lookup path from outside 
the program).

Is anyone in touch with the pyorbit folks to see if they would be 
willing to package their RPMs with an extra module containing that 
top-level set of files which cause the conflict? Then one could 
optionally install a subset which does not conflict. But until both 
packages do it then there would seem to be much room for trouble...

                   - Tom