On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:05:18 +1100, Mark Hammond <mhamm...@skippinet.com.au> wrote: >> But under windows, an application developer might (as in probably >> would) like to install an application in \Program Files\someapp >> rather than hidden in the bowels of the python interpretor. > > I agree - but in that case you are talking about an application built > with Python - that is a different set of requirements.
Building an application with python.. that's right. Of course. Why not? > IOW, this isn't designed for applications which happen to be written in > Python. There might be a case for such a module to be created, but this > PEP doesn't attempt to solve that particular problem. But programmers might want to write an application with python. It doesn't seem like such an edge-case thing to do. >> They might like their data in "Application Data", which is where >> support people get trained to look for application data. Not down >> in \pythonX.Y\ ... > > Nothing is stopping them from doing that - but this PEP isn't intended > to provide that information. Distutils is stopping them. > It does - many applications written in Python exist which do exactly > that. Yes. And they don't use any of the built in facilities, under windows. > If a user really wants to install Python itself under "\Program > Files", sysconfig should correctly reflect that. Python doesn't care > where it is installed, or even when it is (sensibly) bundled with an app > which is designed to be "stand-alone". No debate about that. > You are after operating system properties - I understand your need to > know those paths (and there are already reasonable Windows specific ways > to get them), but sysconfig isn't trying to solve that for you and I > agree it should not attempt to. So under windows, then, what is it trying to solve? Thats what I am asking. David _______________________________________________ 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
