[Python-Dev] [python] Re: pkgutil, pkg_resource and Python 3.0 name space packages (original) (raw)

Michael Foord fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk
Tue Jan 8 00:29:16 CET 2008

Paul Moore wrote:

On 07/01/2008, Tristan Seligmann <mithrandi-python-dev at mithrandi.za.net> wrote:

D'oh, yes of course. So make that:

~/.python/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages In that case how about: ~/.local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages or: ~/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages What would be used on Windows? It's likely to be of marginal use on Windows,

Could be very useful. A lot of machines are used with multiple users.

but an appropriate equivalent should be defined. Possibly just replace ~ with %USERPROFILE%. I'd argue against anything under %APPDATA% as that directory is hidden. Replacing ~ with %USERPROFILE% sounds like the right thing to do.

Also, should bdistwininst/bdistmsi installers be updated to offer the option of installing to this directory? What about python setup.py install (add a --user flag, for example)? The installers should give the user the choice at install time (preferably). A '--user' flag would also be useful (IMHO).

Michael Foord

Paul.

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