Re: [Distutils] Distutils and Distribute roadmap (and some words on Virtualenv, Pip)

2009-10-29 Thread David Lyon
Antonio, I completely get what you're saying. Anyway, we shouldn't be considering dropping bdist_wininst installers for windows unless we actually have something viable to replace them with. As much as I don't think they are the ideal solution, I'd hate to think about having to to package ins

Re: [Distutils] Distutils and Distribute roadmap (and some words on Virtualenv, Pip)

2009-10-29 Thread A. Cavallo
> A typical windows user, if they see an .exe installer, they would just > install it by double-clicking on it. I don't know how many winodw users > would automatically think to open a command shell and type the command > line. None in fact and it is a make or break requirement in so many companie