Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 427: data directory

2012-10-23 Thread Daniel Holth
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Paul Moore wrote: > On 22 October 2012 21:35, Daniel Holth wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Daniel Holth wrote: >>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: Hello, The FAQ has this weird statement: “This spec

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 427: data directory

2012-10-23 Thread Paul Moore
On 22 October 2012 21:35, Daniel Holth wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Daniel Holth wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> The FAQ has this weird statement: >>> >>> “This specification does not have an opinion on how you should organize

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 427: data directory

2012-10-22 Thread Daniel Holth
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Daniel Holth wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> The FAQ has this weird statement: >> >> “This specification does not have an opinion on how you should organize >> your code. The .data directory is just a place for an

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 427: data directory

2012-10-22 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:26:57 -0400 Daniel Holth wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > The FAQ has this weird statement: > > > > “This specification does not have an opinion on how you should organize > > your code. The .data directory is just a pla

Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 427: data directory

2012-10-22 Thread Daniel Holth
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > Hello, > > The FAQ has this weird statement: > > “This specification does not have an opinion on how you should organize > your code. The .data directory is just a place for any files that are > not normally installed inside site-packages

[Python-Dev] PEP 427: data directory

2012-10-22 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Hello, The FAQ has this weird statement: “This specification does not have an opinion on how you should organize your code. The .data directory is just a place for any files that are not normally installed inside site-packages or on the PYTHONPATH.” But, say, if I want to install some init scri