On 2005-09-08, Jorgen Grahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:29:46 -0000, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 2005-09-06, Jorgen Grahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I also believe it's better to convince the end user to install >>> Python before installing the application[1], rather than to >>> try to sneak in an interpreter with py2exe or something -- an >>> interpreter which the end user cannot update, manage or use >>> for other things. >> >> There's a typo in that last phrase. It should read "[...] -- >> an interpreter the user isn't going to uninstall or break >> because he doesn't know what it is or why it's there." > > I meant what I wrote, of course (and you should really have > added a smiley.)
Nah, I knew everybody would get it without one. c.l.p readers are smarter than the average bear. > Might be because I'm more at home in Linux (Debian). The > bundling-an-interpreter approach to distribution software is > simply not applicable on those platforms, for many different > reasons. Of course. I never ship an interpreter for Linux apps. Just the python source. I thought we were talking about Windows apps what with the reference to py2exe and Inno Setup and whatnot. Linux comes with Python already installed, though sometimes wxPyton and friends aren't installed by default. Mostly my Linux Python apps are strictly command-line anyway. > Maybe that's why I have a hard time even understanding the > idea. I see lots of problems and few benefits. I've had limited success telling Windows users to install Python. Even if you point them to the ActiveState MSI file with all the Win32 stuff already bundled, they seem to muck it up most of the time. I can't imagine how -- it's dead simple to install, but they manage to screw it up. > For example, the issue of security fixes. If there's a bug in > Python which makes anyone running an interpreter vulnerable, > how are those users even going to /find out/ about it? I guess you ship them an update -- same as you would for a security fix for the other parts of the application. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! My TOYOTA is built at like a... BAGEL with CREAM visi.com CHEESE!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list