On Jul 18, 2013, at 4:22 AM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18 July 2013 18:10, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 18 July 2013 08:57, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Shipping an msi installer for pip (perhaps bundling with setuptools) >>> would also be an acceptable alternative. >> >> >> -1. >> >> I would suggest that this approach, if it were considered seriously, should >> be reviewed carefully by someone who understands MSI installers (not me!). >> Specifically, if I install pip via an MSI, then use "python -m pip install >> -U pip", will the "Add/Remove Programs" entry created by the MSI still >> uninstall cleanly? Broken uninstall options and incomplete package removals >> are a perennial problem on Windows, usually caused by messing with installed >> files outside control of the installer. > > This potential problem needs to be taken into account for any bundling > solution as well. Explicit bootstrapping (with an install time option > to invoke it in the CPython and Python launcher for Windows > installers) is looking better all the time :) That's only a problem if we make a MSI installer. Which I don't think we need to do. > > Cheers, > Nick. > > -- > Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia ----------------- Donald Stufft PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 DCFA
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