[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] Reminder: last alphas next Wednesday 07-May-2008

[skip at pobox.com]

    Nick> skip at pobox.com wrote:
    Fred> If user-local package installs went to ~/ by default ... with a
    Fred> way to set an alternate "prefix" instead of ~/ using a distutils
    Fred> configuration setting, I'd be happy enough.

    Skip> +1 from me.

    Nick> But then we clutter up people's (read *my*) home directory with no
    Nick> way for them to do anything about it. 

Fred asked for a --prefix flag (which is what I was voting on).  I don't
really care what you do by default as long as you give me a way to do it
differently.

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