Steve Dower added the comment:

> 1. This should be more prominently documented.

Very true. I'll get a link to the updated docs page in there.

> 2. passing /? should list the available kay-value arguments.

Should be doable. I've mostly been holding off until I stop changing the 
arguments. At the very least, I can add a link to the doc page from here as 
well.

> 2.5. The help should really be to stdout...

Unfortunately, I don't think this one is possible as the installer is 
SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS not CONSOLE. stdout is unbound by default, and the only way 
to bind it is to open a new console window, which doesn't really help here. 
Switching to SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE is going to open a new console window every time 
you run it (and running by double-clicking or from a browser will be the vast 
majority).

I can probably add a link from the front page of the installer to bring up the 
help page, but I wouldn't want it to be too obtrusive (maybe from the Customize 
Options page?) - the aim is to reduce the number of decisions for most users by 
having a very clean front page.

There was a suggestion a while ago to generate a full command line based on the 
options selected in the UI, which is doable, but maybe not useful enough to 
justify the time and effort. I'd expect anyone capable of this sort of 
deployment to be able to figure out the command line for themselves though, 
given access to the list of possible options.

----------
assignee:  -> docs@python
components: +Documentation
nosy: +docs@python

_______________________________________
Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org>
<http://bugs.python.org/issue24642>
_______________________________________
_______________________________________________
Python-bugs-list mailing list
Unsubscribe: 
https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com

Reply via email to