I realized spyder now works with pip, so I'll be using that instead of the stand alone installer. Are there any potential downsides?
On Thursday, January 10, 2013 2:59:57 PM UTC-6, Steve wrote: > > 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]>: >> > 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]. >> > 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. >> > -- 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/-/K6j5veUY_FgJ. 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.
