"Jim Jewett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Terry Reedy | > 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.
'such things' referred to 'add-ons' as discussed in snipped text both mine and Paul's. | Paul Moore: | > 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. | | When I install a large program (such as developer tools, or python | itself) on Windows, I expect a choice of "default" or "custom". When | I choose custom, I expect a list of components, which can be chosen, | not chosen, or mixed (meaning that it has subcomponents, only some of | which are chosen). | | The whole thing only shows up once in Add/Remove programs. If I | select it, I do get options to Change or Repair. These let me change | my mind on which subcomponents are installed. This is what I am requesting for Python. | If I install python and then separately install Zope, it may or may | not make sense for Zope to be listed separately as a "program" to Add | or Remove. Neither Paul nor I defined 'add-on', but I would be willing to call Zope/Plone something more than that, preferably with its own multi-option entry. tjr _______________________________________________ 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
