Feature request: Change default library path on Windows
On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 6:54 AM Steve Haroz <steve.haroz at gmail.com> wrote:
Shouldn't it be in one of the AppData directories?
I asked that same question on twitter. Here was a response (https://twitter.com/bmwiernik/status/1419033079495147522): * But it's not for files that should be user-accessible, like a library (cf. Zotero has preferences in AppData , but library files in %USERPROFILE%/Zotero) * So, for example, in R's case it could make sense for the core packages to be installed in %APPDATA%/R/R-4.1.0/library" rather than "C:/Program Files/R/R-4.1.0/library" (either is fairly common), but user packages should be somewhere more accessible. Here is a quote from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/app-settings/store-and-retrieve-app-data : "App data is mutable data that is created and managed by a specific app. It includes runtime state, app settings, user preferences, reference content (such as the dictionary definitions in a dictionary app), and other settings" I don't think libraries fall into the categories of state or settings.
Well, no, but installed, and thus available for use by scripts, extension packages are somewhat more comparable to dictionary definitions in in a dictionary app. They seem fairly analogous, in fact. Packages are essentially dictionaries of available functions that scripts (equivalent roughly to text documents here) can call. That said I dont have a super strong opinion and don't use windows, just pointing out that its not clear this would violate the intent of the cited guidance. Another option would be to allow users to set the default library location from within the windows installer (if you can't already). ~G
-Steve Haroz
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