On 9 January 2014 00:43, Bob Hanson <d2mp...@newsguy.com> wrote: > When I read this comment of yours, Guido, I immediately started > wondering about this. You may well be right -- indeed, I have a > very old install (c.2007) which has not been updated (other than > one or three new MS "drivers"). > > Perhaps the Python 3.4.0b2 MSI installer uses a new capability, > which, as you say, causes the installer to at least attempt to > upgrade...?
I believe the pip bootstrapping involves an MSI feature we haven't previously used (MvL would be able to confirm). If so, then MSI may be looking for a new version to interpret that new setting. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
