On 21/03/2008, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, this Windows user, and I expect most, do NOT expect add-ons > (things under the /Pythonx.y tree) to show up in the add/remove list.
That's an interesting counterpoint to my comments. I presume from this that you dislike (and/or never use) bdist_msi and bdist_wininst precisely because they do add such items to the add/remove programs list? My argument is essentially that bdist_wininst set a de facto standard for this. Then, bdist_msi followed it. Now setuptools is trying to change that standard by ignoring it, rather than by discussion of the pros and cons. Personally, I like the current approach, but that's less relevant. > The standard (and to me, preferable) way of dealing with such things is to > have an 'installation manager' that can reinstall as well as delete and > that has a check box for various things to delete. This is what Python > needs. I'd dispute strongly that this is a "standard". It may be preferable, but I'm not sure where you see evidence of it being a standard. Could I also point out that *if* such a standard is set up for Python, bdist_wininst and bdist_msi should be modified to follow it. Otherwise, it's not a standard, more of competing approach. As you can see, my main concern is for consistency :-) Paul. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
