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.

Reply via email to