function to get completion install location for setup.py?

[wkentaro]

BPO	24753
Nosy	@vstinner
Files	get_completion_install_location.py: function to get completion install location for assigned shell

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closed_at = <Date 2015-07-30.12:26:43.394>
created_at = <Date 2015-07-30.07:27:23.393>
labels = ['type-feature', 'expert-installation']
title = 'function to get completion install location for setup.py?'
updated_at = <Date 2015-07-30.12:26:43.393>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/wkentaro'

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activity = <Date 2015-07-30.12:26:43.393>
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components = ['Installation']
creation = <Date 2015-07-30.07:27:23.393>
creator = 'wkentaro'
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issue_num = 24753
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'rejected'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24753'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6']

[wkentaro]

I'm distributing command line tools by pypi, and the package also installs shell completion file.
The default shell completion install location is sometimes platform specific, so the code cannot be so simple.
I think it is good to have a function which can be used easily when distributing this kind of package. I think the function is similar with distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib().

Please see attached file. It contains a function I'm thinking to add now.

[vstinner]

I think it is good to have a function which can be used easily when distributing this kind of package.

I don't think that we should put this stuff into distutils, it's too specific for UNIX, and your patch only supports a few shells.

It's better to put that into a project which is updated more frequently on PyPI.

Stdlib is more for "frozen" stuff, we only update the stdlib every ~18 months! (each Python major release)

[wkentaro]

Yeah, that's right. I don't think to send patch to distutils but send to that kind of package as you said.
I'm looking for that kind of packages to send patch but not found yet.

Do you have any idea?