Where best to put local modules?

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

tinnews at isbd.co.uk a écrit :
> I'm just beginning to create some python modules for my own use and
> I'm wondering where to put them.  Initially I have put them in
> $HOME/bin and I have set PYTHONPATH to point to them there.  It all
> seems to be OK but I was wondering if I might be storing up problems
> for the future by putting python modules in with my odds and sods of
> shell scripts etc. (and with my python 'main' scripts).
> 
> Would I be better off putting the modules somewhere else, e.g.
> somewhere like $HOME/lib/python?
> 

If you're on a shared system and don't have admin access, this last 
solution is probably the best - "pure" modules have nothing to do in a 
bin/ directory indeed. Now if it's your own computer, why not just put 
them in /path/to/python/libs/site-packages ?