As a heavy windows user, I think I can say for the vast majority of windows users on python (that aren’t brand spanking new at python...)
BURN BDIST_WININST! BURN BDIST_MSI! > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Coghlan [mailto:ncogh...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 7:25 AM > To: Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> > Cc: Alexander Walters <tritium-l...@sdamon.com>; distutils-sig <distutils- > s...@python.org> > Subject: Re: [Distutils] Deprecating little used file types/extensions on > PyPI? > > On 23 August 2016 at 19:36, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So I don't think that in the medium term there's going to be much > > practical change in the state of things on Windows: > > > > - Users install Python from the published python.org installers > > - Users install packages using pip and wheels from PyPI > > - Plus some exceptions, where people need to use sdists, or > > independently published wheels, or worse still, wininst/msi installers > > because that's all available > > > > Whether that process is manual, or hidden behind some form of scripted > > process, won't alter the underlying infrastructure. > > > > I don't see any sign of *anyone* working on a curated distribution for > > Windows along the lines of Linux distros or Homebrew. (Unless you > > count cross-platform stacks like conda, which IMO are a different > > scenario than "system" Python installs). > > OK, cool - that gives us all the more reason to retain bdist_wininst > and bdist_msi hosting support. However, I do think it makes sense for > us to say up front that we'll reconsider that decision if something > akin to homebrew gains traction amongst developers running Windows the > way homebrew has amongst open source users running Mac OS X. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
