[issue11229] Make the Mac installer more like the Windows installer

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[issue11229] Make the Mac installer more like the Windows installer

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: I'm +1 on the general idea, but have some remarks anyway: 1) for all users vs. current user This likely requires a post-install script to fix up the load command's in binaries: on OSX binaries contain absolute paths to the libraries the link with (which for

[issue11229] Make the Mac installer more like the Windows installer

Ronald Oussoren added the comment: BTW. There is a completely different way for distributing Python: drop the entire installer and provide a zipfile containing a single application bundle. The most likely target for the application is IDLE, with a new menu item for making the command-line

[issue11229] Make the Mac installer more like the Windows installer

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[issue11229] Make the Mac installer more like the Windows installer

New submission from Raymond Hettinger rhettin...@users.sourceforge.net: The Windows installer gives a choice of two install locations, for all users and for the current user; the latter does not require admin rights. It lists optional components, giving the size of each: - Register

[issue11229] Make the Mac installer more like the Windows installer

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