Éric Araujo added the comment:
Too late to change this in distutils now.
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components: -Distutils2
nosy: +dstufft
resolution: accepted -> wont fix
stage: -> resolved
status: open -> closed
versions: -3rd party, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2
Changes by Jean-Paul Calderone jean-p...@clusterhq.com:
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nosy: -exarkun
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Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment:
Re-adding distutils because of the $HOME vs. os.path.expanduser fix.
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Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment:
Let me add that os.path.expanduser is the Right Way™ to get a user’s home
directory on POSIX too, since not every setup has a $HOME envvar or a
/etc/passwd file. The only interface one should use is the pwd module (or
getent in shell scripts),
Changes by Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org:
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Tarek Ziadé ziade.ta...@gmail.com added the comment:
The mac/win difference is with the starting dot because it's impossible
under windows to name a file under the directory browser UI that starts
with a .. You have to be a power-user to do so. (pydistutils.cfg
versus .pydistutils.cfg)
Now for
New submission from Zooko O'Whielacronx zo...@zooko.com:
Currently we have this:
http://docs.python.org/install/#location-and-names-of-config-files
The distutils config file can have one of four different names depending
on which platform and which location. This makes it harder for people
to
Zooko O'Whielacronx zo...@zooko.com added the comment:
I was spurred to write this ticket today because of a conversation with
J.P. Calderone:
exarkun but, I have no clue where distutils.cfg goes on Windows
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