On 18/02/2012 11:08 PM, mar...@v.loewis.de wrote:
Zitat von Mark Hammond <skippy.hamm...@gmail.com>:
I'm wondering what thoughts are on PEP 397, the Python launcher for
Windows. I've been using the implementation for a number of months now
and I find it incredibly useful.
I wonder what the rationale for the PEP (as opposed to the rationale
for the launcher) is - why do you need to have a PEP for it? As
written, it specifies some "guidelines" that some software package
of yours might adhere to. You don't need a PEP for that, just write
the software and adhere to the guidelines, possibly putting them into
the documentation.
A PEP needs to have controversial issues, or else there would not
have been a point in writing it in the first place. Also, it needs
to concern CPython, or the Python language, else it does not need to
be a *P*EP.
The launcher was slightly controversial when the pep was initially
written 12 months ago. If you believe the creation of the PEP was
procedurally incorrect I'm happy to withdraw it - obviously I just want
the launcher, with or without a PEP. Alternatively, if you think the
format of the PEP needs to change before it can be accepted, then I'm
happy to do that too if you can be very specific about what you want
changed. If you mean something else entirely then please be very
specific - I admit I'm not clear on the point of your message at all.
To be a proper PEP, you need to include these things:
- what is the action that you want to see taken?
- what is the Python version (or versions) that you
want to see the action taken for?
- what alternative actions have been proposed, and what
are (in your opinion, and the opinion of readers) pros
and cons of each action?
Assuming you are proposing some future action for CPython,
I'm opposed to the notion that the implementation of the
launcher is the specification. The specification needs to be
in the PEP. It may leave room, in which case the remaining
details need to be specified in the documentation.
I'm really not sure what you are trying to say here. That the PEP
should remove all references to an implementation specification, or that
the PEP simply should be withdrawn? As above, I don't care - I just
want the launcher with the least amount of bureaucracy possible.
A critical question (IMO) is the question how the launcher
gets onto systems. Will people have to download and install
it themselves, or will it come as part of some Python
distribution?
This is addressed in the PEP: "The launcher will be distributed with all
future versions of Python ..."
If it comes with the Python distribution,
how get multiple copies of the launcher coordinated?
This may not be specified as well as it could, but: "Future versions of
the launcher should remain backwards compatible with older versions, so
later versions of Python can install an updated version of the launcher
without impacting how the previously installed version of the launcher
is used."
Also: what's the name of the launcher? How can I actually use
it?
This too is there: "The console launcher will be named 'py.exe' and the
Windows one named 'pyw.exe'" and there is discussion of the command-line
args.
Mark
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