ipython/ipython — Issue #1167: Settle on a choice for $IPYTHONDIR
Author: fperez
Created: 2011-12-17 19:08:54+00:00
State: open
Labels: prio-high, type-enhancement

Our environment variable used to be called IPYTHONDIR, at some point we changed to IPYTHON_DIR, but now we have code using both. We should settle on only one, and issue a warning when we find the alternative in use. We shouldn't flat out remove the other for a long time, as I suspect by now both are used in the wild and this would be gratuitous breakage for the users.

From an informal scan of projects, IPYTHONDIR seems to be more commonly used, but we should check more carefully. We should settle on the version that we find to be in widest use, to minimize unnecessary hassles for users.