New submission from oxalica <oxal...@pm.me>:
Currently we use path `~/.python_history` for history file in all platforms. It is not a good choice since it spams in user's home directory. There are already specifications for where to store program data. For Windows, we should use `%APPDATA%/Python/history`; for Mac OS, we should use `~/Library/Application Support/Python/history`; for other POSIX platforms, we should use `$XDG_DATA_HOME/python/history` or `~/.local/share/python/history` according to XDG Spec. These paths should be preferred as default. But we can also check and use `~/.python_history` if it exists and readable, for compatibility. ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 394429 nosy: oxalica priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Use platform defined data directories instead of ~/.python_history type: enhancement versions: Python 3.11 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue44239> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
