Message 161530 - Python tracker (original) (raw)

1. Yes, only the installation directory, because that's the only directory we create. Scripts is created by distutils/packaging, but perhaps we could add it since it is widely used. Anyone have an opinion?

2. Do you have a reason? Many tools that offer path manipulation do not do so by default because it changes how the system operates. If we put this on by default, it will change how a lot of scripts are executed without people expecting it. It's easy to click through an installer like Python's because it's not flashy and there aren't a lot of options as it is. If we just let people click through, things are going to break a lot more than if we make people ask for it.

I could see it becoming a default in a future release once it has been in the wild for a while, but I think we're going to run into a lot of problems if we just flip it right away.