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

[Fred Drake]

On May 1, 2008, at 7:54 PM, Barry Warsaw wrote:
> 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. ;)


Using ~/.local/ for user-managed content doesn't seem right to me at  
all, because it's hidden by default.

If user-local package installs went to ~/ by default (~/bin/ for  
scripts, ~/lib/python/ or ~/lib/pythonX.Y/ for modules and packages),  
with a way to set an alternate "prefix" instead of ~/ using a  
distutils configuration setting, I'd be happy enough.

I'd be even happier if there were no default per-user location, but a  
required configuration setting (in the existing distutils config  
locations) in order to enable per-user installation.


   -Fred

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Fred Drake   <fdrake at acm.org>