"Paul Rubin" <"http://phr.cx"@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Would it be possible, at least for Windows, to write a Python script >> implementing a 'virtual distribution'? IE, download Python, install it, >> download next package, install it, etc. -- prefereably table driven? > > I just don't understand why you'd want to do that, instead of putting > all the files in the distro in the first place.
For myself, I can imagine writing such a script using existing installers. I have no idea how to put, say, 20 packages together in one installer. Even if I could, I would not personally buy the bandwidth for gigabyte downloads. I could, however, find somewhere to put a 1K or so script. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
