> > > Obviously then the logical choice would be to unselect that (or > > > perhaps have it unselected by default for alpha installations). > > > > I'd rather have the user unselect it - people installing multiple > > Python version are familiar with the phenomenon and might get puzzled > > if some installation suddenly behaved different. > > > > If this were an actual certified "release" of Python, I'd agree with that. > However, it's not - it's a specifically-incompatible alpha release, and I > would vote for it being unselected by default. (People familiar with > installing multiple Python versions will not be familiar with anything close > to this level of incompatibility in their .py files).
FWIW, this is what I do for the ActivePython (and Komodo) installers: only do the PATHEXT, PATH and file association changes by default in final releases and require the user to select that for alpha/beta releases. Trent -- Trent Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
