[Python-ideas] Add appdirs module to stdlib

[Jonas Wielicki]

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On 01.09.2015 10:00, Philipp A. wrote:
> When defining a place for config files, cache files, and so on,
> people usually hack around in a OS-dependent, misinformed, and
> therefore wrong way.
> 
> Thanks to the tempfile API we at least don’t see people hardcoding
> /tmp/ too much.
> 
> There is a beautiful little module that does things right and is
> easy to use: appdirs <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/appdirs>
> 
> TI think this is a *really* good candidate for the stdlib since
> this functionality is useful for everything that needs a cache or
> config (so not only GUI and CLI applications, but also scripts that
> download and cache stuff from the internet for faster re-running)
> 
> probably we should build the API around pathlib, since i found
> myself not touching os.path with a barge pole since pathlib
> exists.
> 
> i’ll write a PEP about this soon :)

Is anyone working on this?

I would really like to see the functionality discussed in this thread.
I have no deep knowledge about Windows, MacOS or FreeBSD though, which
would make it hard for me to take this on my own.

If we could get together a team with knowledgeable people from each
platform, that would be great.

best regards,
jwi

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