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

[Phil Thompson]

On Friday 02 May 2008, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
> > -On [20080502 10:50], Steve Holden (steve at holdenweb.com) wrote:
> >> Groan. Then everyone else realizes what a "great idea" this is, and we
> >> see ~/Perl/, ~/Ruby/, ~/C# (that'll screw the Microsoft users, a
> >> directory with a comment market in its name), ~/Lisp/ and the rest? I
> >> don't think people would thank us for that in the long term.
> >
> > I'm +1 on just using $HOME/.local, but otherwise $HOME/.python makes
> > sense too. $HOME/.python.d doesn't do it for me, too clunky (and hardly
> > used if I look at my .files in $HOME).
> >
> > But I agree with Steve that it should be a hidden directory.
>
> This sums up my opinion pretty well. Hidden by default, but easy to
> expose (e.g. via a local -> .local symlink) for the more experienced
> users that want it more easily accessible.

But you can't be serious about using such a generic word as "local" as the 
name??? At least include the letters "p" and "y" somewhere.

Phil