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Re: Where to put data

Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Date 2012-01-26 08:30 -0800
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Subject Re: Where to put data
From bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca>
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On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:30:54 PM UTC-7, Michael Torrie wrote:

> Unless you are writing a python library that will be used by others, I
> don't think that where you put your files has anything to do with being
> "pythonic" or not.  Just do what works for your OS.

Yes. I agree and it's nice to have a confirmation. So far I've been putting all my program into /usr/local/share/MYPROGRAM and then simply inserting an entry into sys.path. 

Then, for other systems, I check a few common locations until I find the installation. 

I'm getting mangled by the debian maintainers and friends who seem to believe that python modules need to go into /usr/lib/python...

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Where to put data bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca> - 2012-01-25 09:26 -0800
  Re: Where to put data Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 10:33 -0800
    Re: Where to put data bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca> - 2012-01-25 14:27 -0800
  Re: Where to put data Evan Driscoll <edriscoll@wisc.edu> - 2012-01-25 12:48 -0600
    Re: Where to put data bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca> - 2012-01-25 14:29 -0800
      Re: Where to put data Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 20:30 -0700
        Re: Where to put data bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca> - 2012-01-26 08:30 -0800
          Re: Where to put data Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2012-01-26 20:20 -0700
            Re: Where to put data bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca> - 2012-01-27 19:11 -0800
            Re: Where to put data bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca> - 2012-01-27 19:11 -0800
        Re: Where to put data bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca> - 2012-01-26 08:30 -0800
    Re: Where to put data bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca> - 2012-01-25 14:29 -0800
  Re: Where to put data "Martin P. Hellwig" <martin.hellwig@gmail.com> - 2012-01-26 02:16 +0000
  Re: Where to put data John Nagle <nagle@animats.com> - 2012-01-27 14:15 -0800
    Re: Where to put data bvdp <bob@mellowood.ca> - 2012-01-27 19:13 -0800

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