On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:40:56 +1100, Mark Hammond <skippy.hamm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it is fine. If you are really looking for properties specific > to the operating system (eg, the location of the start menu, desktop, > appdata folders etc) But under windows, an application developer might (as in probably would) like to install an application in \Program Files\someapp rather than hidden in the bowels of the python interpretor. They might like their data in "Application Data", which is where support people get trained to look for application data. Not down in \pythonX.Y\ ... > I don't think they belong in this PEP; they are a > property of the OS install/version, not of the specific Python > install/version. Yes - exactly. My point. The operating system says that programs should be installed into "Program Files" and data into "Application Data". Why can not python respect the operating system directions for well behaved apps? David _______________________________________________ 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
