steve holden gsdszholdenwebcom guido van rossum wrote stand corrected points youve convinced lib wrong still dont like local last place local dot files directories symmetry usrlocal pretty weak certainly wont help beginning users name dont like rather invisibility compromise im okay python would like able say user explicitly set environment variable order benefit feature like pythonpath pythonstartup might defeat point making easy use noobs groan everyone else realizes great idea see perl ruby c thatll screw microsoft users directory comment market name lisp rest dont think people would thank us long term im 10 invisibility simple reason hiding mechanism right thing naive users likely screw things given chance likely unaware dotname directories dont like local please consider private personal something else dont gratuitously add visible subdirectory os x think put somewhere library put different place python framework puts stuff nothing say os x one day windows might start respect hidden dot convention perhaps interim could create windowshidden private assuming could work put thu may 1 2008 825 pm wrote much good sense regards steve steve holden 1 571 484 6266 1 800 494 3119 holden web llc httpwwwholdenwebcom _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 040002 0400 pythondev reminder last alphas next wednesday 07may2008