third-party-package-in-python-dir
Third-party Python packages should install their files in
/usr/lib/pythonVERSION/site-packages for Python versions
before 2.6 and /usr/lib/pythonVERSION/dist-packages
for Python 2.6 and later. All other directories in
/usr/lib/pythonVERSION are for use by the core python
packages.
For more information please consult:
- Section 2.5 of the Debian Python Policy 0.12.0.0 documentation
The tag is present in Lintian version 2.114.163.
That is the most recent version we know about.
We use semantic versions.
The patch number is a commit step indicator relative to the
2.114.0
release tag in our Git
repository.
You can find the detection logic for this version at commit d219a5a. For merge requests, please use the latest version in the Lintian check languages/python.
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