In message <mailman.2310.1246292443.8015.python-l...@python.org>, Javier Collado wrote:
> - distutils trick in setup.py to modify the installed script (i.e. > changing a global variable value) so that it has a reference to the > data files location. This seems to me to be the cleanest solution, at least as a default. > - Heuristic in the package code to detect when it's being executed > from the source tree and when it has been the installed By definition, a "heuristic" can never be fully reliable. > - Just using an environment variable that the user must set according > to his needs This can be useful as a way to override default settings. But requiring it means extra trouble for the user. For configurable settings, best to observe a hierarchy like the following (from highest to lowest priority): * command-line options * environment-variable settings * user prefs in ~/.whatever * system configs in /etc * common data in /usr/share * hard-coded -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
