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

[Barry Warsaw]

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On May 3, 2008, at 5:05 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
>
> The major reasons why I think staying out of people's way by default  
> is important:
> - for people like me (glyph, Georg, etc), it allows us to keep our  
> home directory organised the way we like it. As far as I am  
> concered, applications can store whatever user-specific  
> configuration and data files they like inside hidden files or  
> directories, but they shouldn't be inflicting any visible files on  
> me that aren't related to things I am working on.
> - for novice users, the fact that it's hidden helps keep them from  
> deleting it by accident
> - for experienced users (Barry, skip, etc) that want ~/.local to be  
> more easily accessible, creating a visible ~/local symlink is an  
> utterly trivial exercise.

Hey Nick, I agree with everything above, except that I'd probably put  
myself more in Glyph's camp :).  Can't speak for Skip though...

- -Barry

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