On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: >>> I do not know whether upgrades (like 3.0.0 to 3.0.1) would clobber other >>> things added here. >> >> It would, but not in a harmful way. > > By 'clobber', I meant 'delete', and I do not see how that would not be > harmful ;-). I don't know whether the intaller creates a new directory (and > deletes the old), clears and reuses the old, or merely replaces individual > files.
I see. I didn't realize you were talking about adding your own files to these directories. I have no idea; the best way to find out is to experiment. I could see the default policy of Windows installers go either way. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
