[Python-Dev] New update to PEP397 (original) (raw)

[Python-Dev] New update to PEP397 - Python launcher for Windows

Brian Curtin brian.curtin at gmail.com
Thu Jul 21 14:54:26 CEST 2011

On Jul 21, 2011 7:15 AM, "anatoly techtonik" <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:

If you're going to include this into standard Python distribution, it needs more attention from users. As a user, I can not find any references to any user stories in this PEP article. Abstract chapter is totally useless "This PEP (named 'Python launcher for Windows') describes a Python launcher for the Windows platform." - it is a waste of time to read such stuff. "A Python launcher is a single executable which uses a number of heuristics to locate a Python executable and launch it with a specified command line." - this doesn't answer main questions - Why Launcher is needed, i.e. is there a problem? Can it be solved? How this PEP helps to solve the problem?

I see that this launcher is an .msi file. Shouldn't it be portable and don't require administrative privileges? How about KISS?

No. As stated in the title, this is for Windows. It also installs to system directories which is likely the need for admin access. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20110721/1f204098/attachment.html>

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