PYTHONPATH vs. sys.path

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If the only reason to modify the path is for developers working from their working tree, then you should use an installation tool to set up your environment for you. virtualenv is very popular, and if you are using setuptools, you can simply run setup.py develop to semi-install the working tree in your current Python installation.

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