[issue30251] Windows Visual Studio solution does not have an install target

Steve Dower added the comment: Sure, but then I'll resolve it as rejected :) The solution does not need an install target. That's not the point - we have separate projects and scripts for that. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue30251] Windows Visual Studio solution does not have an install target

Stephen Kelly added the comment: This is resolved as not a bug. Is there a way to convert it to a feature request? -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30251] Windows Visual Studio solution does not have an install target

Changes by Steve Dower : -- resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30251] Windows Visual Studio solution does not have an install target

Changes by Steve Dower : -- versions: +Python 3.7 -Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30251] Windows Visual Studio solution does not have an install target

Steve Dower added the comment: Visual Studio has some deployment concepts, but for multi-project solutions like ours you would generally have a separate project. It's a build tool, not an install tool, and mixing the concepts is generally a bad idea. For building an installer, these projects

[issue30251] Windows Visual Studio solution does not have an install target

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- components: +Windows nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30251] Windows Visual Studio solution does not have an install target

New submission from Stephen Kelly: The Windows Visual Studio solution does not have an install target. As far as I understand, the configure system used on Unix does have an install target. That means that on Windows, binaries resulting from the build to not end up in the same layout as