nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom iybzpoboxcom wrote fred userlocal package installs went default fred way set alternate prefix instead using distutils fred configuration setting id happy enough 1 clutter peoples read home directory way anything stay peoples way default making easy poke around want local convention using directly major reasons think staying peoples way default important people like glyph georg etc allows us keep home directory organised way like far concered applications store whatever userspecific configuration data files like inside hidden files directories shouldnt inflicting visible files arent related things working novice users fact hidden helps keep deleting accident experienced users barry skip etc want local easily accessible creating visible local symlink utterly trivial exercise switching default use public directories instead hidden ones helps third group expense first two groups given third group already easy workaround get behaviour want seems like bad tradeoff cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 191714 1000 python3000 pythondev reminder last alphas next wednesday 07may2008