Ronald Oussoren <ronaldousso...@mac.com> added the comment: I agree with Ned that neither ~/.local nor /etc are a good fit for OSX, sadly enough I wasn't paying attention when ~/.local was added as python already had a per-user directory on OSX: ~/Library/Python.
The common unix directories are often not a good pick for good OSX citizens, even if OSX is build on Unix. The OSX filesystem structure should be described somewhere below <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/ BPFileSystem/BPFileSystem.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000185>, although I haven't found a clear explanation yet. Technically configuration files should be stored in /Library/Preferences (system wide) or ~/Library/Preferences (per user), but I'd say practicality beats purity here and I'd store configuration in /Library/Python/etc or ~/Library/Python/etc. BTW. I haven't read most of the discussion yet, I'll probably have more to add when I do. What I did notice was a proposal to store the distutils cfg file in ~/.local/lib/pythonX.Y/site- packages/distutils.cfg. IMHO that way to hidden and an unexpected location for storing configuration files. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue7175> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
