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Tue Mar 13 22:19:57 CET 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-March/117558.html

On 3/13/2012 3:43 PM, VanL wrote:
> Following up on conversations at PyCon, I want to bring up one of my
> personal hobby horses for change in 3.3: Fix install layout on Windows,
> with a side order of making the PATH work better.
>
> Short version:
>
> 1) The layout for the python root directory for all platforms should be
> as follows:
>
> stdlib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
> platstdlib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}
> purelib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}/site-packages
> platlib = {base/userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}/site-packages
> include = {base/userbase}/include/python{py_version_short}
> scripts = {base/userbase}/bin
> data = {base/userbase}

What is {base/userbase} actually on a typical machine? It is fixed or 
user choice?

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy

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[Python-Dev] Python install layout and the PATH on win32