> On 21 Jul 2022, at 16:42, Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I still am dumbfounded that this wasn’t platform I dependent in the first > place, but you know what essay about hindsight. > > However, I’m no Windows expert, but I *think* the modern Windows file > system(s?) support something like symlinks. It’s an under-the-hood feature, > but maybe it’s possible to add a symlink for bin.
It has symlinks but only available if you are administrator. > > Maybe I’m wrong, and/or it’s not possible on all file systems Python needs to > support, in which case *nix systems do support linking, so we could support > “Scripts” on all systems. -1 Barry > > Just a thought. > > -CHB > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 8:26 AM Simão Afonso > <simao.afo...@powertools-tech.com <mailto:simao.afo...@powertools-tech.com>> > wrote: > On 2022-07-21 17:04:16, Svein Seldal wrote: > > https://github.com/pypa/pip/bob/main/src/pip/_internal/locations/_distutils.py#L145-L148 > > > > <https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/main/src/pip/_internal/locations/_distutils.py#L145-L148> > > This actually works great! If the "Scripts" folder does not exist, it > uses "bin". > > > https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/main/src/pip/_internal/utils/entrypoints.py#L48 > > > > <https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/main/src/pip/_internal/utils/entrypoints.py#L48> > > This is a just a small patch anyway. > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > <mailto:python-ideas@python.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > <mailto:python-ideas-le...@python.org> > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > <https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/> > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/JZZ6QJVEJBC4TZF6SUBWD3TUK2RHIRTW/ > > <https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/JZZ6QJVEJBC4TZF6SUBWD3TUK2RHIRTW/> > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > <http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/> > -- > Christopher Barker, PhD (Chris) > > Python Language Consulting > - Teaching > - Scientific Software Development > - Desktop GUI and Web Development > - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/S6DMH3SXK53ZLG5DRFIITVAZFVUNW53Y/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
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