Jason Spiro jasonspi...@gmail.com added the comment:
I'm glad you're willing to consider using a checkbox. It seems to fit
better with the wizard paradigm, where there are always [ Back ], [
Next ], and [ Cancel ] buttons onscreen.
OK, I acknowledge that a lot of third-party software still
Jason Spiro jasonspi...@gmail.com added the comment:
Adding Python to the end of the PATH would very much help Windows
non-experts who don't even know what a PATH is.
IMO, when Python 3.4 comes out, it'd make sense add Python to the end
of the PATH by default. This'd help those non-experts
Jason Spiro jasonspi...@gmail.com added the comment:
Just a few comments on your new UI design http://i.imgur.com/415Y1.png:
== Suggestion 1 ==
It seems, from your screenshot, that you plan to hide the [ Next ]
and [ Cancel ] buttons, and show your [ Yes ] and [ No ] buttons
instead
Jason Spiro jasonspi...@gmail.com added the comment:
Can you provide a patch?
Unfortunately not. I still don't think it's worth fixing this bug. :) I
think you should document it in the bdist_wininst documentation then close this
bug as won't fix due to lack of volunteer resources
New submission from Jason Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
== Summary ==
Installers made by bdist_wininst never set EstimatedSize in the Windows
registry. So Windows makes an estimate[1] of the installed software's
size so the Add/Remove Programs control panel can tell users how much
space
Jason Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment:
Attaching testcase. It's basically just some sample code from the
distutils documentation.
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11177/testcase.zip
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New submission from Jason Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The Python Windows installer[1] should automatically add the Python and
Scripts directories to the PATH environment variable. (If you like,
you can also provide a checkbox in the installer GUI that users can
uncheck if they don't want
Jason Spiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] added the comment:
Martin, at the time I read the python-list thread, I didn't pay any
attention to the posts' authors. Only now did I realize you were one
of the posters. Oops.
I already know the basic ideas about creating MSIs with Wise from a
past job. So
