[Python-Dev] Python-Dev Digest, Vol 54, Issue 57 (original) (raw)
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Daniel> I use ~/local, with a layout analogous to /usr, ...Ditto. Makes things nice and clear. I install stuff without becoming root or polluting central directories.
Daniel> To those folks who favor creating ~/bin, ~/lib, ~/share, ad
Daniel> nauseum, I point out that non-hidden, non-user-created files in
Daniel> ~ ought to be kept to a minimum. It is, after all, the user's
Daniel> default workspace.Agreed. You're just asking for trouble if you set --prefix=$HOME. Eventually you will encounter some package which would have scribbled all over /usr/local and only disrupted other external packages (which you can always reinstall) but instead scribbles all over your home directory, wiping out your almost finished Ph.D. thesis in Library Science which you had saved to ~/lib.
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