[issue3561] Windows installer should add Python and Scripts directories to the PATH environment variable

2012-07-04 Thread Jason Spiro
Jason Spiro added the comment: Adding Python to the end of the PATH would very much help Windows non-experts who don't even know what a PATH is. IMO, when Python 3.4 comes out, it'd make sense add Python to the end of the PATH by default. This'd help those non-experts a lot. O

[issue3561] Windows installer should add Python and Scripts directories to the PATH environment variable

2012-07-04 Thread Jason Spiro
Jason Spiro added the comment: I'm glad you're willing to consider using a checkbox. It seems to fit better with the wizard paradigm, where there are always [ < Back ], [ Next > ], and [ Cancel ] buttons onscreen. OK, I acknowledge that a lot of third-party software still dep

[issue3561] Windows installer should add Python and Scripts directories to the PATH environment variable

2012-07-03 Thread Jason Spiro
Jason Spiro added the comment: Just a few comments on your new UI design <http://i.imgur.com/415Y1.png>: == Suggestion 1 == It seems, from your screenshot, that you plan to hide the [ Next > ] and [ Cancel ] buttons, and show your [ Yes ] and [ No ] buttons instead. This is doing

[issue3621] it would be nice if installers made by bdist_wininst stored an EstimatedSize property in the Windows registry

2010-05-12 Thread Jason Spiro
Jason Spiro added the comment: > Can you provide a patch? Unfortunately not. I still don't think it's worth fixing this bug. :) I think you should document it in the bdist_wininst documentation then close this bug as "won't fix due to lack of volunteer resources&

[issue3621] it would be nice if installers made by bdist_wininst stored an EstimatedSize property in the Windows registry

2008-08-20 Thread Jason Spiro
Jason Spiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Attaching testcase. It's basically just some sample code from the distutils documentation. Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11177/testcase.zip ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PRO

[issue3621] it would be nice if installers made by bdist_wininst stored an EstimatedSize property in the Windows registry

2008-08-20 Thread Jason Spiro
New submission from Jason Spiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: == Summary == Installers made by bdist_wininst never set EstimatedSize in the Windows registry. So Windows makes an estimate[1] of the installed software's size so the Add/Remove Programs control panel can tell users how much

[issue3561] Windows installer should add Python and Scripts directories to the PATH environment variable

2008-08-15 Thread Jason Spiro
Jason Spiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Martin, at the time I read the python-list thread, I didn't pay any attention to the posts' authors. Only now did I realize you were one of the posters. Oops. I already know the basic ideas about creating MSIs with Wise

[issue3561] Windows installer should add Python and Scripts directories to the PATH environment variable

2008-08-15 Thread Jason Spiro
New submission from Jason Spiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The Python Windows installer[1] should automatically add the Python and Scripts directories to the PATH environment variable. (If you like, you can also provide a checkbox in the installer GUI that users can uncheck if they don'