title: Read python properties file other package
body: <p>How to read config.properties placed in separate package/directory using python 2.7 ?</p>
  
  <pre><code>import ConfigParser
  config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser()
  config.read('ConfigFile.properties')
  
  print config.get('default', 'test.name')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This of course works if config file is in same package, but if placed in different package - what is the best practice to read the file ?</p>