[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I think the relevant link to change here would be ~/.local.
>
> I have personally been using the ~/.local convention for a while, and I
> believe ~/.local/bin is where scripts should go. Python is not the only
> thing that can be locally installed, and the fact that it's
> ~/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages suggests that ~/.local has the
> same layout as /usr (or /usr/local, for those who use that convention).
~/.local/bin or ~/bin ?
~/bin is the standard directory for user binaries. I can see how
~/.local/bin follows the idea of other directories. But ~/bin is more
convenient than ~/.local/bin. I don't want to teach users how to change
their .bashrc or .profile file for ~/.local/bin. A line like
if [ -d ~/bin ]; then
PATH=~/bin:$PATH
fi
is in most .profile files (often commented out).
I'm proposing ~/bin for Unix (including Mac) and
%APPDATA%/Python/Scripts for Windows. The Windows installer could then
add the directory to the PATH environment and install a minimal bat file
"@C:\Python26\python.exe %*" as python26.bat, too.
Christian
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