Yeah, I guess it just depends on what's "important". I do think it's a bad idea to remove features users were previously relying on.
On Thursday, January 10, 2013 1:34:32 PM UTC-6, Pierre Raybaut wrote: > > Spyder's installer is now built with the standard Python distutils > library which implements two kind of installers for Windows: wininst > (.exe) and msi (.msi). > The wininst format was chosen because: > 1. beside its 'exe' header, it's just a zip file (simpler to extract, > to explore and so to check if bundled files are all there for example) > 2. it supports arbitrary version numbers, like "2.8beta1" (msi only > supports X.Y.Z version numbers... which is a limitation!) > > -Pierre > > 2013/1/10 Steve <[email protected] <javascript:>>: > > Can you make this a .msi file instead of an .exe? The msi file supports > a > > flag to allow silent installs. The old NSIS installer supported this. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "spyder" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/spyderlib/-/IckKIsiZ5uEJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "spyder" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/spyderlib/-/-LL0dTX-2EAJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib?hl=en.
