[Python-Dev] Python install layout and the PATH on win32 (original) (raw)

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Thu Mar 22 00:03:08 CET 2012

On 21 March 2012 22:43, Mark Hammond <skippy.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:

On 22/03/2012 1:22 AM, Lindberg, Van wrote:

Mark, MAL, Martin, Tarek, Could you comment on this? Eric is correct - tools will be broken by this change.  However, people seem willing to push forward on this and accept such breakage as the necessary cost. MAL, in his followup, asks what the advantages are of such a change. I've actually been asking for the same thing in this thread and the only real answer I've got is "consistency".  So while I share MAL's concerns, people seem willing to push forward on this anyway, without the benefits having been explained. IOW, this isn't the decision I would make, but I think I've already made that point a number of times in this thread.  Beyond that, there doesn't seem much for me to add...

I agree on all points here. I don't understand quite why backward compatibility is being treated so lightly here. But equally, I've made my points and have little further to add.

One thought though - maybe this should need a PEP at least, to document the proposal and record the various arguments made in this thread?

Paul.

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