On 9/29/17, 6:26 PM, "Jeremy Stanley" <fu...@yuggoth.org> wrote:

    On 2017-09-29 18:39:18 +0200 (+0200), Thomas Bechtold wrote:
> There is /etc [1]
    [...]

>    Not really, no, because the system-context data_files path has to be
>    relative to /usr or /usr/local unless we want to have modules going
>    into /lib and entrypoints in /bin now.

Right – that’s exactly why I this it would be better to stick with a relative 
path, but make the implementation consistent.

So, given a relative path being used – which is better: etc or share?

To me, etc seems more intuitive given that these are configuration files. Using 
etc benefits those building and consuming wheels by being an intuitive 
placement (putting the files into the etc directory of the venv). Each 
packaging system has their own conventions so I do not think we’re going to be 
able to come to a common consensus that pleases everyone, so I’d like to rather 
focus on attaining a consistent path across services so that packagers can 
adapt their scripts appropriately to cater for their individual quirks, while 
everyone using wheels gets the benefit of the files being a part of the package.


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