On 22 August 2016 at 16:49, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > - encouraging use of Windows Package Management over manual installer > execution > > The rationale for why the Windows formats get to stay when the other > platform specific formats are being dropped is implied by that last > line: we're expecting users on other platforms to be more comfortable > with using platform specific tooling to manage platform specific > formats (e.g. the system package manager on Linux, homebrew on Mac OS > X).
Could you clarify what you mean by this? Current usage on Windows (for people who aren't already using wheels) is to run a bdist_msi or bsidt_wininst installer. You seen to be suggesting "encouraging use of Windows Package Management" over this approach, but I'm not sure what precisely that means? Paul _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
