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

Tim Peters tim_one@email.msn.com
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 02:11:51 -0400

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

The Windows install tree is a radical rearrangement of the Windows build tree: building an installer and running it is the fastest way to build an install tree. Building a zip file on top of that would actually take more time (BTW, the Windows installer .exe is a kind of standard zip file: you can open it directly with WinZip and browse its contents).