Note, that other distutils created installers have these issues on vista too... like PIL etc.
cu, On Feb 16, 2008 11:17 AM, René Dudfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've just started testing the latest pygame build on vista basic. > > - python 2.5 requires a restart of the computer after installing!!! ouch. > > - the pygame installer brings up a bunch of messages about things it can't > do... but then manages to install ok. I think it's trying to do things like > set registry keys, but vista is blocking it. I think this is more the fault > of the distutils install maker. Anyone know about changes needed for vista > installers? For most installers vista pops up a message about "do you trust > this installer". This doesn't happen for the pygame one... so maybe we have > to ask vista for permission. > > So the installer doesn't create a menu item, or install the uninstaller... > and probably other magic I'm not sure of. > > > I tried a few things, and they all seemed to work fine on vista. Luckily the > pygame installer doesn't require a restart like the python installer does :) > >
