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Tue May 6 14:45:22 CEST 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-May/079166.html

2008/5/6 Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org>:
>  On May 1, 2008, at 8:03 PM, glyph at divmod.com wrote:
> > Am I the only guy who finds software that insists on visible, fixed files
> in my home directory rude?  vmware, for example, wants a "~/vmware"
> directory, but pretty much every other application I use is nice enough to
> use dotfiles (even cedega, with a roughly-comparable-to- lib "applications
> I've installed for you" folder).
>
>  No Glyph, you are not alone!  I don't even like the OS putting stuff like
> Pictures, Music, Movies, Videos and Desktop in my home directory, but I
> guess that's the price we pay for a modrin desktopy operatin' systum.

I too find this irritating.

FWIW my vote is for ~/.python. ~/.local comes in a distant second due
to non-obviousness and ~/Python is several light years beyond that.
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