[Python-Dev] PEP 427: data directory

[Daniel Holth]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> The FAQ has this weird statement:
>
> “This specification does not have an opinion on how you should organize
> your code. The .data directory is just a place for any files that are
> not normally installed inside site-packages or on the PYTHONPATH.”
>
> But, say, if I want to install some init script to /etc/init.d by using
> distutils' data_files argument:
>
> setup.py(...,
>     data_files=[('/etc/init.d', ['my-init-script'])]
>     )
>
> How is it stored and represented by the wheel format?
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.

Distutils' "data" category in a wheel package-1.0.data/data/ directory
usually maps to / (or the root of the virtualenv). Your init script
would probably wind up in there.