Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-21 Thread Mark Hammond
On 22/02/2012 2:50 AM, Vinay Sajip wrote: Mark Hammond gmail.com> writes: think there is something that could be added to those docs - the use of PATHEXT and the fact that once the shebang line is in place, a command-prompt could do just "hello.py" rather than needing "py hello.py". Or even

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-21 Thread Vinay Sajip
Mark Hammond gmail.com> writes: > think there is something that could be added to those docs - the use of > PATHEXT and the fact that once the shebang line is in place, a > command-prompt could do just "hello.py" rather than needing "py hello.py". Or even just "hello" should work. Regards, V

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-20 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 20/02/2012 23:48, Mark Hammond wrote: On 21/02/2012 2:54 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: The section in the docs "Using Python on Windows" would need to be updated, but would this have to happen for every current version of Python? I'm not sure what docs you are referring to here? See http://do

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-20 Thread Mark Hammond
On 21/02/2012 2:54 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 18/02/2012 05:24, Mark Hammond wrote: ... * Write some user-oriented docs. The section in the docs "Using Python on Windows" would need to be updated, but would this have to happen for every current version of Python? I'm not sure what docs yo

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-20 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 18/02/2012 05:24, Mark Hammond wrote: I'm wondering what thoughts are on PEP 397, the Python launcher for Windows. I've been using the implementation for a number of months now and I find it incredibly useful. To my mind, the specific steps would be: * Have someone pronounce it as accepted (

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-19 Thread Paul Moore
On 19 February 2012 03:09, Mark Hammond wrote: > Thanks for the note Paul, but did you also mean to CC python-dev? Yes, I did, sorry. > > On 18/02/2012 9:15 PM, Paul Moore wrote: >> >> On 18 February 2012 05:24, Mark Hammond  wrote: >>> >>> I'm wondering what thoughts are on PEP 397, the Python

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-19 Thread martin
The launcher was slightly controversial when the pep was initially written 12 months ago. So what were the objections? Assuming you are proposing some future action for CPython, I'm opposed to the notion that the implementation of the launcher is the specification. The specification needs to

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-18 Thread Glenn Linderman
On 2/17/2012 9:24 PM, Mark Hammond wrote: I've been using the implementation for a number of months now and I find it incredibly useful. +1 ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscri

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-18 Thread Nick Coghlan
On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Mark Hammond wrote: > The launcher was slightly controversial when the pep was initially written > 12 months ago.  If you believe the creation of the PEP was procedurally > incorrect I'm happy to withdraw it - obviously I just want the launcher, > with or without a

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-18 Thread Mark Hammond
On 18/02/2012 11:08 PM, mar...@v.loewis.de wrote: Zitat von Mark Hammond : I'm wondering what thoughts are on PEP 397, the Python launcher for Windows. I've been using the implementation for a number of months now and I find it incredibly useful. I wonder what the rationale for the PEP (as o

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-18 Thread martin
Zitat von Mark Hammond : I'm wondering what thoughts are on PEP 397, the Python launcher for Windows. I've been using the implementation for a number of months now and I find it incredibly useful. I wonder what the rationale for the PEP (as opposed to the rationale for the launcher) is -

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-17 Thread Mark Hammond
On 18/02/2012 4:37 PM, Brian Curtin wrote: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 23:24, Mark Hammond wrote: I'm wondering what thoughts are on PEP 397, the Python launcher for Windows. I've been using the implementation for a number of months now and I find it incredibly useful. To my mind, the specific s

Re: [Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-17 Thread Brian Curtin
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 23:24, Mark Hammond wrote: > I'm wondering what thoughts are on PEP 397, the Python launcher for Windows. >  I've been using the implementation for a number of months now and I find it > incredibly useful. > > To my mind, the specific steps would be: > > * Arrange for it to

[Python-Dev] Status of PEP 397 - Python launcher for Windows

2012-02-17 Thread Mark Hammond
I'm wondering what thoughts are on PEP 397, the Python launcher for Windows. I've been using the implementation for a number of months now and I find it incredibly useful. To my mind, the specific steps would be: * Have someone pronounce it as accepted (or suggest steps to be taken before su