On Friday 02 May 2008, Nick Coghlan wrote: > Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > > -On [20080502 10:50], Steve Holden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> Groan. Then everyone else realizes what a "great idea" this is, and we > >> see ~/Perl/, ~/Ruby/, ~/C# (that'll screw the Microsoft users, a > >> directory with a comment market in its name), ~/Lisp/ and the rest? I > >> don't think people would thank us for that in the long term. > > > > I'm +1 on just using $HOME/.local, but otherwise $HOME/.python makes > > sense too. $HOME/.python.d doesn't do it for me, too clunky (and hardly > > used if I look at my .files in $HOME). > > > > But I agree with Steve that it should be a hidden directory. > > This sums up my opinion pretty well. Hidden by default, but easy to > expose (e.g. via a local -> .local symlink) for the more experienced > users that want it more easily accessible.
But you can't be serious about using such a generic word as "local" as the name??? At least include the letters "p" and "y" somewhere. Phil _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
