On Jul 21, 2011 7:15 AM, "anatoly techtonik" <techto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If you're going to include this into standard Python distribution, it > needs more attention from _users_. As a user, I can not find any > references to any user stories in this PEP article. Abstract chapter > is totally useless > > "This PEP (named 'Python launcher for Windows') describes a Python > launcher for the Windows platform." - it is a waste of time to read > such stuff. > > "A Python launcher is a single executable which uses a number of > heuristics to locate a Python executable and launch it with a > specified command line." - this doesn't answer main questions - Why > Launcher is needed, i.e. is there a problem? Can it be solved? How > this PEP helps to solve the problem? > > > I see that this launcher is an .msi file. Shouldn't it be portable and > don't require administrative privileges? How about KISS?
No. As stated in the title, this is for Windows. It also installs to system directories which is likely the need for admin access.
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