On 24 September 2014 23:16, Mike Miller <python-...@mgmiller.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > ProgramFiles was the default in Python 1.X. > > It has been a supported option for just shy of 15 years on 2.X... most if > not all the bugs (setuptools) were fixed a decade ago, and right now > thousands, if not millions of people are running it under Program Files > right now. I can vouch for several thousand because a company I work for > distributes Python and pip there for its customers all around the world w/o > issue. > > I've never once encountered a bug due to install to ProgramFiles, or heard > of anyone who has, and have been using Python for everything since the year > 2000. If any rare bugs happen to surface, they can likely be fixed or > replaced with a line of code, or worked around by installing elsewhere.
Right, the problem I was thinking of was actually a transient one during the 3.4 pre-release cycle (the ensurepip integration initially didn't work properly when installing into Program Files). So consider that a switch to +1 from me. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ 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
