I'll look into this, but it probably isn't going to work as part of the
installer. I
have previously looked into being able to install arbitrary side-by-side
copies
of Python, but that's near impossible as well. Windows Installer doesn't
really
let you just copy files - it isn't part of its
On 01/09/2015 05:01 PM, David Anthoff wrote:
On 01/09/2015 04:09 PM, Steve Dower wrote:
The only reason I hesitate on this is that it could cause significant
confusion for someone who doesn't really understand the implications,
while people like yourself who have thought about this are also
David Anthoff wrote:
It would be great if the new installer supported silent, portable installs.
What I have in mind is a silent installation that drops all the necessary
files
for a working python into a folder, but does not put ANY file anywhere else
and
does not register anything
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Nothing is merged in yet and everything can still change, so I'm keen to
hear whatever
feedback people have. I've tried to make improvements fairly for
first-time users
through to sysadmins, but if I've missed something big I'd like to hear
about it before
we get too close to alpha 1.
It
On 1/9/2015 12:34 PM, David Anthoff wrote:
Nothing is merged in yet and everything can still change, so I'm keen to
hear whatever
feedback people have. I've tried to make improvements fairly for
first-time users
through to sysadmins, but if I've missed something big I'd like to hear
about