text_combined: guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg thu may 1 2008 503 pm wrote 1145 pm hoaufpythonorg wrote like except one issue really dont like local directory dont see compelling reason needs locallib imo lib theres need hide view especially since user expected manage explicitly ive previously given spirited defense local list httpmailpythonorgpipermailpythondev2008january076173html among places briefly lib directory participating convention youve also got full complement stuff might go installation like usrlocal lib might annoy little bin etc games include lib lib32 man sbin share src going get ugly pretty fast especially comes finder nautilus explorer every time open window unless misread pep theres going lib subdirectory python packages dont put stuff places afaik mac default finder window home directory desktop subdirectory thereof markedly public name fact os x whole bunch reserved names home directory none start dot rule seems contains stuff user cares doesnt start dot going visible directory grounds python specific thing explicitly participating convention software please call python something much better local imo guy finds software insists visible fixed files home directory rude vmware example wants vmware directory pretty much every application use nice enough use dotfiles even cedega roughlycomparableto lib applications ive installed folder distinction mind dot files exception like profile bashrc managed users apps manage provide apis manipulating contents sort like thw windows registry nondot files stuff user needs aware im sure python packages fall istm something user must explicitly choose target installer user also likely dig remove stuff python package management doesnt way remove packages put another way trivial make locallib show symlinking lib thats thing cant make lib disappear lots software ends looking software cares another file home directory mostly switching point quick access everything access regularly guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 003155 0700 pythondev python3000 reminder last alphas next wednesday 07may2008