[ZODB-Dev] ZEO 2.0a1 release

[Shane Hathaway]

Toby Dickenson wrote:
> One minor issue: the function main() in start.py has some trickery to set 
> sys.path with directory containing ZODB and other packages. Previously you 
> could get by without setting a PYTHONPATH. In this release, it tries to 
> import several of these packages before main() is run.
> 
> I suggest doing away with the sys.path trickery, and documenting that you need 
> to set sys.path correctly.

+1.  I think the pattern is that Python applications can safely change 
sys.path, but not Python libraries.

Shane