Chris Mellon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What the python installer is doing is the Right Thing for making the
>standard python dll available to third party applications.
>Applications that want a specific version of a specific DLL should use
>the mechanisms available for doing so, instead of relying on there
>being a specific version of the python dll in the windows folder. This
>is just general best practice on Windows.
No, it's not best practice for an application install any of its files
in the Windows system directory. The system directory is ment only
for drivers and system files. Installing application DLLs in the
system directory is something that should only be done for backwards
compatiblity.
Ross Ridge
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