Re: Install request

2016-04-07 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 6 April 2016 at 05:08, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 4:34:11 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 02:52 am, Rustom Mody wrote: >> >> > On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 9:49:58 PM UTC+5:30, Oscar Benjamin wrote: >> >> Another

Re: Install request

2016-04-05 Thread Rustom Mody
On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 4:34:11 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 02:52 am, Rustom Mody wrote: > > > On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 9:49:58 PM UTC+5:30, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > >> Another possibility to improve this situation would be to make a page > >> on the wiki

Re: Install request

2016-04-05 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 6 Apr 2016 02:52 am, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 9:49:58 PM UTC+5:30, Oscar Benjamin wrote: >> Another possibility to improve this situation would be to make a page >> on the wiki that actually explains the known problems (and fixes) for >> 3.5 on Windows. > > +10

Re: Install request

2016-04-05 Thread Mark Lawrence via Python-list
On 05/04/2016 16:56, Igor Korot wrote: Hi, python community, Recently there was a huge number of e-mail stating that the python installer does not work. When asked about it, people reveal that they wee using Windows and they were getting errors about missing DLL. I know for a fact that in

Re: Install request

2016-04-05 Thread Rustom Mody
On Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 9:49:58 PM UTC+5:30, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > Another possibility to improve this situation would be to make a page > on the wiki that actually explains the known problems (and fixes) for > 3.5 on Windows. +10 on that one ie When a question becomes a FAQ just put it

Re: Install request

2016-04-05 Thread Oscar Benjamin
On 5 April 2016 at 16:56, Igor Korot wrote: > > So, here is my request: if its not possible to include the DLL in > question in the installer, > can the installer check for the OS version and ask the user to go to > Microsoft.com, > download and install the library? That's a

Install request

2016-04-05 Thread Igor Korot
Hi, python community, Recently there was a huge number of e-mail stating that the python installer does not work. When asked about it, people reveal that they wee using Windows and they were getting errors about missing DLL. I know for a fact that in the InstallShield it is possible to detect