Message357194
> Was pathlib forgotten here? Pathlib.home() is documented to return
> the same as expanduser("~") but it still prefers HOME instead of
> USERPROFILE.
>
> Yes, it was forgotten (why doesn't it just use expanduser?). We
> should file a new bug for that.
I'll file one.
> > Note that this change has some effect on cygwin/mingw environments
> which all set HOME and now potentially lead to programs no longer
> being able to find their config files.
>
> Firstly these are not supported environments, so it's not "rushed"
> for us to not preemptively consider them (though we'll happily merge
> most PRs that fix them without impacting supported environments).
Yeah, you're right, sorry, my comment wasn't appropriate.
> And I thought the idea was that they'd use posixpath as os.path
> rather than ntpath? Cygwin in particular, which provides the full
> environment. MinGW is a bit lighter to be closer to normal Windows
> behaviour, which would suggest that using the Windows variables is
> preferable.
I meant executing Python scripts with official Python in bash on Windows which sets HOME. But I just checked with "git for Windows" and it sets HOME to USERPROFILE anyway, so that might only affect cygwin/msys2 which have their own user dir. |
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2019-11-21 18:36:10 | lazka | set | recipients:
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