[Pythonmac-SIG] Re: [pygame] python + pygame on OSX

[Russell E. Owen]

In article <4D1E0CD5-66F5-11D8-A299-000393DB52E4 at 2xtreme.net>,
 Keith Nemitz <keithn at 2xtreme.net> wrote:

> >
> > In any case, it is an extremely bad idea to write to the application 
> > bundle, and that may have something to do with your trouble.  The 
> > appropriate place for writing files would most likely be 
> > "/Library/Application Support/YourApplication" or 
> > "~/Library/Application Support/YourApplication", unless they are plist 
> > preferences..
> >
> 
> I think it would be an extremely good idea to allow an app to be able 
> to write to itself. Currently, my app is 100% cross platform, thanks to 
> the good people at py*. Now I'm going to have to sully my hands again 
> with religious doctrine and programmer machismo.

OK I'm a bit late here, but is it reasonable to change the way the data 
is stored? Every platform has some idea of where to put app-specific 
data and on the face of it, that seems a nice place to store it (much 
less likely to break on some future platform than modifying an app 
bundle).

I even wrote a simple package that returns those directories (as a pair 
-- shared first, then user-specific) for Mac, windows and unix. It's in 
the RO package at <http://www.astro.washington.edu/owen> in case you are interested (look in RO.OS)

-- Russell