[Python-Dev] PEP 370 - per-user scripts directory on Windows

[Steve Dower]

I was also surprised as I was working on the installer, so +1 on changing it.

The installer will also need some changes to add it to PATH, which should be fairly straightforward, but ping me if you need/want pointers. (It's checked in now, so I consider it fair game for anyone who wants to change it.)

Cheers,
Steve

Top-posted from my Windows Phone
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From: Paul Moore<mailto:p.f.moore at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎2/‎10/‎2015 5:40
To: Nick Coghlan<mailto:ncoghlan at gmail.com>
Cc: Python Dev<mailto:python-dev at python.org>
Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 370 - per-user scripts directory on Windows

On 10 February 2015 at 13:34, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was actually surprised it didn't already work that way, given that almost
> everything else on Windows is version specific.

That's actually a point I missed making. While I wouldn't class myself
as "typical", when I went looking for the user-scripts directory on my
machine, I automatically looked in %APPDATA%\PythonXY. I suspect that
many people would assume this was how it worked anyway, and be
surprised by the current behaviour.

Paul
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