[issue16299] __build__ as a temp build directory for setup.py

2012-10-25 Thread anatoly techtonik
anatoly techtonik added the comment: That's not an argument. I am asking about it in general. Another wart of Python. -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue16299] __build__ as a temp build directory for setup.py

2012-10-23 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: Ronald Oussoren on the mailing list: If the name of the build directory bothers you you can change it by adding two lines to ~/.pydistutils.cfg: [build] build-base = __build__ Agreed, closing. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue16299] __build__ as a temp build directory for setup.py

2012-10-23 Thread Éric Araujo
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[issue16299] __build__ as a temp build directory for setup.py

2012-10-22 Thread Christian Heimes
Christian Heimes added the comment: The bug tracker is the wrong place to discuss your proposal. Please join the distutils-sig [1]. The group coordinates all efforts. [1] http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/distutils-sig/ -- assignee: eric.araujo -> nosy: +christian.heimes st

[issue16299] __build__ as a temp build directory for setup.py

2012-10-22 Thread anatoly techtonik
anatoly techtonik added the comment: Another difference from C sources that it is very convenient to use Python packages directly from source. In this case this unrelated 'build' dir will be the source of confusion if user previously tried to install the package. -- status: pending ->

[issue16299] __build__ as a temp build directory for setup.py

2012-10-22 Thread anatoly techtonik
anatoly techtonik added the comment: RDM> 'build' is pretty much universally understood to be something that can be blown away That's not true anymore in 2012. Why follow the bad practice? I also want to know what open source software project are you referring to. From my experience 'build' d

[issue16299] __build__ as a temp build directory for setup.py

2012-10-22 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: I see no reason to make this change. 'build' is pretty much universally understood to be something that can be blown away, and I think that making Python's naming convention different than that used by other open source software projects in similar contexts

[issue16299] __build__ as a temp build directory for setup.py

2012-10-22 Thread anatoly techtonik
New submission from anatoly techtonik: Currently distutils builds files in a temporary directory named 'build' in current dir if not specified otherwise. It will be pythonic to name this directory to be __build__ be default to distinguish it from project specific directories and clarify that t