On 15/12/2009 2:42 PM, David Lyon wrote:
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.
I agree - but in that case you are talking about an application built
with Python - that is a different set of requirements. But regardless
of where Python itself lives the returned values will be correct; they
will not reflect the operating system preference for various other
folders, but will correctly return the paths they are documented as
returning.
IOW, this isn't designed for applications which happen to be written in
Python. There might be a case for such a module to be created, but this
PEP doesn't attempt to solve that particular problem.
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\ ...
Nothing is stopping them from doing that - but this PEP isn't intended
to provide that information.
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?
It does - many applications written in Python exist which do exactly
that. If a user really wants to install Python itself under "\Program
Files", sysconfig should correctly reflect that. Python doesn't care
where it is installed, or even when it is (sensibly) bundled with an app
which is designed to be "stand-alone".
You are after operating system properties - I understand your need to
know those paths (and there are already reasonable Windows specific ways
to get them), but sysconfig isn't trying to solve that for you and I
agree it should not attempt to.
Mark
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