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Re: How to find where data files are installed for my Python program

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2013-10-27 09:50 -0600
Subject Re: How to find where data files are installed for my Python program
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Gregory Ewing
<greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Ben Finney wrote:
>>
>> On systems conforming to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, it's
>> forbidden: programs go in a platform-specific location
>>
>> <URL:http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGANDPA>,
>> while platform-independent data files go in a separate location
>>
>> <URL:http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_2.3/fhs-2.3.html#USRSHAREARCHITECTUREINDEPENDENTDATA>.
>
>
> But Python code itself is platform-independent, so it
> should count as data for the purposes of the FHS,
> shouldn't it?

I don't see why Python files should be treated any differently than
other non-binary executables, e.g. shell scripts.

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