[Python-Dev] Fixing #7175: a standard location for Python config files (original) (raw)

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Fri Aug 13 02:43:30 CEST 2010


On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08🔞27 pm Steve Holden wrote:

One might make a case that all configuration data should be stored in a single SQLite database (with a suitable API to hide the relational nature of the store).

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Please don't even consider such a thing. Haven't we learned from Firefox? I for one am getting heartily sick and tired of having to "fix" (that is, throw away) corrupted Firefox databases. Please don't go down that path.

-- Steven D'Aprano



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