Where should 'scripts' go...
9 Apr
2002
9 Apr
'02
3 p.m.
Currently, scripts go somewhere in the "Scripts" directory (e.g. on Windows, something like C:\Python22\Scripts, on Unix somewhere in the bin/ directory. If people specify scripts that live in subdirectories in their source tree, using current distutils, those then get placed in subdirectories of the [bin|Scripts] directory. To my mind, this is somewhat wrong, since I expect scripts (those things which have a #! line, an executable bit set, etc.) to all be placed into a single directory. It means that I don't need to muck w/ my PATH if I install a package that has a script. Is my mind right or is my mind wrong? I'll help fix distutils if I'm right, and I'll fix ActivePython's current PPM behavior if I'm wrong. =) --david
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