[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 23:59:38 -0500 

>> If churning out a binary installer *suitable for a development
>> branch* can be reduced to a few minutes, fine.  If not ...

aahz> Seems to me that for dev releases, there's no need for a "Windows
aahz> installer".  A zip file that contains the necessary install tree
aahz> ought to be sufficient.

I think the contention was implicitly that many people who might be able to help test development releases couldn't because they lack the necessary tools to build from source.

Skip