gh-88405: Use platform defined data directories instead of ~/.python_history

[oxalica]

Currently we use path ~/.python_history for history file in all platforms.
It is not a good choice since it spams in user's home directory.

This patch use platform defined directories for put the history file.
For Windows, it's %APPDATA%/Python/history;
for Mac OS, it's ~/Library/Application Support/Python/history;
for other POSIX platforms, it's $XDG_STATE_HOME/python/history or ~/.local/state/python/history;
otherwise, fallback to ~/.python_history.

Also if ~/.python_history exists and is readable, it will always be used for compatibility.

https://bugs.python.org/issue44239

• Issue: Use platform defined data directories instead of ~/.python_history #88405

[github-actions]

This PR is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.

[oxalica]

This PR is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.

How can I ask for review? I'm not sure whom to notify.

[Ayushparikh-code]

This PR is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity.

How can I ask for review? I'm not sure whom to notify.

Alright

[SvartaHjarta]

.python_history probably belongs under $XDG_STATE_HOME on linux rather than $XDG_DATA_HOME

The $XDG_STATE_HOME contains state data that should persist between (application) restarts, but that is not important or portable enough to the user that it should be stored in $XDG_DATA_HOME. It may contain:

• actions history (logs, history, recently used files, …)
• current state of the application that can be reused on a restart (view, layout, open files, undo history, …)

Then again just getting it out of user root would be nice.

[oxalica]

Changed to $XDG_STATE_HOME/python/history or ~/.local/state/python/history for *nix platform now.

[eabase]

Instead of you hard-coding a commonly used and often changed file-path like this, please consider using an internal built-in variable named something like DEFAULT_HISTORY_FILE. instead.

mentioned #13208

[yochem]

Any updates on this? Btw, please let MacOS users also set XDG_STATE_HOME. A lot of them use the XDG specification (and if they don't, then it's just the default location you already specified)

[MestreLion]

Any chance for this to move forward?