On 3/14/2012 11:22 AM, VanL wrote:
On 3/13/2012 9:58 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
Given that we already repeat it, isn't it better to be consistent?
But there is no repetition currently on Windows installations.
I though you were just proposing to switch lib (lower-cased, and scripts
renamed as bin, and pythonxx). So I do not think I yet understand what
the proposal is and how it would be different from what I have now.
Aaah, I was looking at my local installations, which happen to be
"nt-user". Looking at the system installation ("nt") I see that there is
no repetition.
Are you talking about 'install for all users' versus 'install for this
user only'? I have always done the former as I see no point to the
latter on my machine, even if another family member has an account.
I am fine with keeping the distinction between
> base installs (no py_version)
I have no idea what this means. As far as I can remember, each
installation of Python x.y (back to 1.3 for me, on DOS) has gone into a
pythonxy (no dot) directory, with subdirectories much as Jim J. described.
and user installs (including a py_version). I would just
suggest that when you have a py_version, it be the same py_version (not
dots sometimes, nodot other times).
It also begs the question as to whether the py_version is *ever* needed.
Whenever multiple versions are installed, of course a version marker is
needed. Even if not, it is helpful to be able to see what version is
installed. But I probably am not understanding what you mean.
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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