Mike Miller writes: > Microsoft's guidelines on where to install software are clear, and > don't make exceptions that "tools" should be installed to the root > of the drive to bypass file system permissions, for convenience.
But there's the rub. In this case, Microsoft doesn't have *security*, it has "guidelines". They are *still* guidelines, not security, *exactly* because it's convenient for somebody. The fact that taking advantage of that convenience has the side effect of bypassing filesystem permissions is unfortunate (and a bug in Windows IMO). Note that if users actually paid attention to these guidelines, we'd be getting complaints from *them*, not from you. I don't recall ever seeing that. That implies that "normal users" will install anything anwhere anyway. If it's that unimportant to Microsoft, I see insufficient reason why we should risk confusing those "normal users" who already have Python 2.7 installed (and as pointed out, they *are* at risk precisely because the proposal changes the default install location). _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
