Would NSIS be a plausible alternative? On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Lenard Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I try this for Python 2.4 I find nothing is replaced. Only files new > to Pygame 1.8 are added. Consequently I don't get the error since it is > still effectively Pygame 1.7. The msi installer is generated entirely by > distutils. To customize its behavior means more hacks to distutils. We could > always go back to the distutils executable Windows installer. What I know is > msi is demanding. You must design your project around it for it to work as > intended. Also the msi module included with Python 2.5 is inflexible. > > Lenard > > > Brian Fisher wrote: > >> So does anybody know why exactly this problem happens? Is there some file >> left behind by 1.7.1 that is not replaced with a 1.8.0 file? If so, what >> file? >> >> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 4:12 PM, René Dudfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> hey, >> >> I've made a note about uninstalling pygame 1.7.1 first on the >> download page... >> >> However I think we need to figure out how to get the windows installer >> to check if pygame is installed already... and if so uninstall it. Or >> if we can't do that, make it display instructions to uninstall in the >> installer (maybe by putting it in the README). >> >> >
