[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

[Éric Araujo]

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

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[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

[Jean-Paul Calderone]

Changes by Jean-Paul Calderone jean-p...@clusterhq.com:


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[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

[Éric Araujo]

Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org added the comment:

Re-adding distutils because of the $HOME vs. os.path.expanduser fix.

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[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

[Éric Araujo]

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), and so does os.path.expanduser.

Reassigning to Distutils2.

Regards

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[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

[Éric Araujo]

Changes by Éric Araujo mer...@netwok.org:


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[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

[Tarek Ziadé]

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 pydistutils.cfg  vs distutils.cfg I don't know why it's like
that. It should be distutils.cfg everywhere imho. Even if the global
and local one are eventually merged. I'll launch a thread about it on
distutils-sig.

Next, setup.cfg is for the current directory because this how you
operate with packages that have setup.py+setup.cfg files : you chdir in
the directory then run a distutils command.

Last, under windows, it should use os.path.expanduser('~') instead of
looking for a HOME variable. this will be fix in any case.

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priority:  - normal
resolution:  - accepted
type:  - behavior
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[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

[Zooko O'Whielacronx]

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 remember the file's name and location, and more complicated for
programs that want to detect it.  Why not give it the same name on both
platforms and all locations?

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nosy: tarek, zooko
severity: normal
status: open
title: distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and 
all scopes

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[issue6555] distutils config file should have the same name on both platforms and all scopes

[Zooko O'Whielacronx]

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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