[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Reminder: last alphas next Wednesday 07-May-2008

[Barry Warsaw]

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On May 1, 2008, at 7:45 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de>  
> wrote:
>> Barry Warsaw schrieb:
>>
>>> This is a reminder that the LAST planned alpha releases of Python  
>>> 2.6
>>> and 3.0 are scheduled for next Wednesday, 07-May-2008.  Please be
>>> diligent over the next week so that none of your changes break  
>>> Python.
>>> The stable buildbots look moderately okay, let's see what we can do
>>> about getting them all green:
>>
>> I like to draw some attention to two features for the last alpha:
>>
>> PEP 370: Per user site-packages directory
>> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0370/
>
> I like this, except one issue: I really don't like the .local
> directory. I don't see any compelling reason why this needs to be
> ~/.local/lib/ -- IMO it should just be ~/lib/. There's no need to hide
> it from view, especially since the user is expected to manage this
> explicitly.

Interesting.  I'm of the opposite opinion.  I really don't want Python  
dictating to me what my home directory should look like (a dot file  
doesn't count because so many tools conspire to hide it from me).  I  
guess there's always $PYTHONUSERBASE, but I think I will not be  
alone. ;)

- -Barry

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