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Wed Apr 26 21:57:45 CEST 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-April/064428.html

On 4/26/06, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

> So I have a very simple proposal: keep the __init__.py requirement for
> top-level pacakages, but drop it for subpackages. This should be a
> small change. I'm hesitant to propose *anything* new for Python 2.5,
> so I'm proposing it for 2.6; if Neal and Anthony think this would be
> okay to add to 2.5, they can do so.

-1 from me.

I had never a problem with __init__.py to mark a package or subpackage.
Better add __namespace__.py to state a package dir as namespace package.
And support multiple occurrences of "on_python_path/namespace_name/package".

--
bye by Wolfgang

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