[mod_python] __init__ not called

Hi,

Inside of the apache installation folder I have a directory "scripts"
where all my handler modules reside.
I placed a __init__.py in the this folder, but my tests showed that
the __init__.py is never processed, and a pyc file is not generated
either. But Why?
in subpackages all the __init__ files are processed as expected.

Is my "scripts" folder not a regular python package, despite it is
added to the sys.path?

ALex.