On Feb 20, 2011, at 4:10 AM, Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Am 20.02.2011 07:43, schrieb anatoly techtonik: >> Python definitely needs a development Roadmap to avoid things like >> w9xpopen.exe slipping off radar from release to release. We don't >> support Windows 9x since Python 2.6. What this file does in 3.x >> distributions? >> >> http://bugs.python.org/issue2405 > > Read the report carefully. It can't be removed to support installations > that have changed COMSPEC.
Does a modern windows installation actually even *work* if you change COMSPEC to command.com instead of cmd.exe? And why would anyone ever do that? Hey, I have a good idea: python can just ignore COMSPEC and always run cmd.exe. Then you can delete w9xpopen, hooray. James _______________________________________________ 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
