On 28/01/2011 16:29, Brian Curtin wrote:
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:12, anatoly techtonik<techto...@gmail.com>wrote:
I've seen about 7 requests to add Python into %PATH% in installer. All
closed with no result, but with some fear and uncertainty. Martin
feared that MSI installers are not able to remove entry from PATH and
even if they can, they may kill the whole PATH instead of removing
just one entry.
To prove or dispel these fears, I've just installed/uninstalled
Mercurial from mercurial-1.7.3-1-x86.msi and App Engine from
GoogleAppEngine-1.4.1.msi several times. Both add entries to PATH and
both remove them without any further problems. Should we finally add
this to 3.2 installer for Python?
--
anatoly t.
Definitely not for 3.2, but this is something I'd like to look into for 3.3.
Recently I've talked to two Python trainers/educators and the major gripe
their attendees see is that you can't just sit down and type "python" and
have something work. For multi-Python installs, we'll have to define what
that "something" is, but I think it should be possible for the installer to
optionally put Python into the path, and to also remove itself on uninstall.
I don't think, ultimately, that there is any insurmountable technical
objection. There are misgivings but they could undoubtedly be overcome
or overridden. But it would require someone to patch the MSI builder
so it added the functionality and -- I think -- offered it as an option
which could be enabled or disabled.
TJG
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