[Python-Dev] PEP: per user site-packages directory

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.pp.ru
Tue Jan 15 12:24:13 CET 2008


On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 11:41:47PM +0000, Jon Ribbens wrote:
> It makes sense, but personally I have never heard before of ~/.local.
> Whereas ~/bin is something I am quite familiar with.

   Me too. python-dev is the only place I have heard of ~/.local. I have
been using Linux (different distributions), Solaris and FreeBSD for quite
a long time (though I have never used GNOME/KDE/etc.)

Oleg.
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