nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom apbrcdivmodcom wrote ive said dozen times thread already feature id like get peruser installation location setuppy install least completely canonical distutils incantation work default nonroot users ideally nonadministrators windows well nonroot users unixish platforms see goal pep 370 well perhaps pep could explicit spelling primary goal pep provide standard mechanism allowing python users install distutils packages use without affecting users machine without requiring change packages think current rationale section kind assumes reader already recognises paragraph reason pep unix notes section pep probably also state reason choosing hidden dotfile directory users generally arent going interest source files python packages install users would prefer files visible easily make symbolic link directory cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 200833 1000 pythondev pep 370 python3000 reminder last alphas next wednesday 07may2008