On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Steven D'Aprano > <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> On Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:13:10 -0700, Piotr Dobrogost wrote: >> >>> Why is pylauncher in Python 3.3 being installed in Windows folder and >>> not in Program Files folder? Installing into Windows folder was maybe >>> acceptable 10 years ago but not now... >> >> Read the PEP: >> >> http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0397/ > > The PEP explains why it's in the Windows folder as opposed to the > System32 folder, but not why either of those locations should be > preferable to Program Files.
Presumably because Program Files isn't part of the $PATH. http://superuser.com/questions/124239/what-is-the-default-path-environment-variable-setting-on-fresh-install-of-window Contrast (from the PEP): "However, the Windows directory is always on the path." Now, as for why the launcher must be on the $PATH…*shrugs* Cheers, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list