[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Reminder: last alphas next Wednesday 07-May-2008 (original) (raw)

Alec Thomas alec at swapoff.org
Tue May 6 14:45:22 CEST 2008

2008/5/6 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:

On May 1, 2008, at 8:03 PM, glyph at divmod.com wrote: > Am I the only guy who finds software that insists on visible, fixed files in my home directory rude? vmware, for example, wants a "~/vmware" directory, but pretty much every other application I use is nice enough to use dotfiles (even cedega, with a roughly-comparable-to- lib "applications I've installed for you" folder).

No Glyph, you are not alone! I don't even like the OS putting stuff like Pictures, Music, Movies, Videos and Desktop in my home directory, but I guess that's the price we pay for a modrin desktopy operatin' systum.

I too find this irritating.

FWIW my vote is for ~/.python. ~/.local comes in a distant second due to non-obviousness and ~/Python is several light years beyond that.

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