[Python-Dev] Reminder: last alphas next Wednesday 07-May-2008 (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri May 2 15:56:33 CEST 2008

I'm withdrawing my opposition in the light of the sheer number of words that have already been written with this.

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Christian Heimes <lists at cheimes.de> wrote:

Guido van Rossum schrieb:

> I like this, except one issue: I really don't like the .local > directory. I don't see any compelling reason why this needs to be > ~/.local/lib/ -- IMO it should just be ~/lib/. There's no need to hide > it from view, especially since the user is expected to manage this > explicitly. The directory name has been commented on by glyph in great length (again). Thanks glyph! I'm all on his side. The base directory for Python related files should be a dot directory in the root directory of the users home dir. I slightly prefer ~/.local/ over other suggestions but I'm also open to ~/.python.d/ Should I wait with the commit until we have agreed on a directory name or do you want me to commit the code now?

> I might look at this later; but it seems to me to be a pure > optimization and thus not required to be in before the first beta. Correct, it's an optimization to enhance the memory utilization. Christian

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