code: def get_profiles(self, overwrite=False):
          def sort_by_locale(unsorted_profiles, locale):
              if locale is None:
                  return unsorted_profiles
              locale = '_%s' % locale[:2]
              profiles_our_locale = []
              profiles_remaining = []
              for profile_name in unsorted_profiles:
                  if locale in profile_name:
                      profiles_our_locale.append(profile_name)
                  else:
                      profiles_remaining.append(profile_name)
              return profiles_our_locale + profiles_remaining
          if not self.root_directory:
              profiles = []
              return profiles
          else:
              locale_minimum_needs_dir = os.path.join(
                  self.root_directory, 'minimum_needs')
              path_name = resources_path('minimum_needs')
              if not os.path.exists(locale_minimum_needs_dir):
                  os.makedirs(locale_minimum_needs_dir)
              for file_name in os.listdir(path_name):
                  source_file = os.path.join(path_name, file_name)
                  destination_file = os.path.join(
                      locale_minimum_needs_dir, file_name)
                  if not os.path.exists(destination_file) or overwrite:
                      copy(source_file, destination_file)
              self.move_old_profile(locale_minimum_needs_dir)
              profiles = [
                  profile[:-5] for profile in
                  os.listdir(locale_minimum_needs_dir) if
                  profile[-5:] == '.json']
              profiles = sort_by_locale(profiles, self.locale)
              return profiles