On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:12:35 +1000 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 24 Sep 2014 15:15, "Tim Golden" <m...@timgolden.me.uk> wrote: > > > > On 23/09/2014 18:05, Steve Dower wrote: > >> > >> I'm also considering/experimenting with installing into "Program > >> Files" by default, but I suspect that isn't going to work out yet. > > > > > > I'd like to see that go forward: I think it's increasingly difficult to > justify Python's position at c:\pythonxx. But it does run the risk of > > breaking All The Things. When it was discussed, people spoke about > > symlinks (or hardlinks / junctions / whatever) in the appropriate > > places to support hardcoded paths, but I don't know how feasible > > that will turn out to be. > > It might be better to offer that as a supported option in 3.5, and then > make it the default in 3.6.
I would be surprised if this weren't already a supported option. Decent Windows installers generally allow you to override the installation path (it's been a while I haven't used the Windows Python installer, sorry). I think making the move in 3.5 would be a good idea. Experts can override the installation path and choose C:\PythonXY. There's no actual breakage since the path changes for every major release, anyway (i.e. people would have had to change the path from "C:\Python34" to "C:\Python35"; instead, they will have to change it to "C:\Program Files\Python35"). Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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
