[issue16131] Pylauncher is being installed in Windows system folder

2012-10-04 Thread Piotr Dobrogost
New submission from Piotr Dobrogost: Pylauncher in Python 3.3 is being installed in Windows system folder instead of Program Files folder. That's against platform rules. It should be installed in the same folder Python is installed or in its own folder under Program Files folder. In the

[issue16131] Pylauncher is being installed in Windows system folder

2012-10-04 Thread Eric V. Smith
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[issue16131] Pylauncher is being installed in Windows system folder

2012-10-04 Thread Jeremy Kloth
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[issue16131] Pylauncher is being installed in Windows system folder

2012-10-04 Thread Ethan Furman
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[issue16131] Pylauncher is being installed in Windows system folder

2012-10-04 Thread Chris Rebert
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[issue16131] Pylauncher is being installed in Windows system folder

2012-10-04 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: This is not a bug, but by design. See PEP 397 for details. -- nosy: +loewis resolution: - invalid status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue16131

[issue16131] Pylauncher is being installed in Windows system folder

2012-10-04 Thread Piotr Dobrogost
Piotr Dobrogost added the comment: I read this pep. It doesn't tell why installing in Program Files and adding install folder to PATH wasn't chosen. Please take a look at the link I gave -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue16131] Pylauncher is being installed in Windows system folder

2012-10-04 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I read the discussion, but couldn't see anything relevant in it. Please be explicit. As for the reading the PEP, consider this paragraph in particular: It may be surprising that the launcher is installed into the Windows directory, and not the