Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-20 Thread Kevin Walzer
On 9/20/11 8:32 AM, Alec Taylor wrote: I can confirm that os.mkdir('C:\\h') and os.path.exists('C:\\h') work on Windows 8 Dev x64. OK--looks like I will need to do a bit more digging into my own code. Thanks for clarifying. -- Kevin Walzer Code by Kevin http://www.codebykevin.com -- http://m

Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-20 Thread Alec Taylor
I can confirm that os.mkdir('C:\\h') and os.path.exists('C:\\h') work on Windows 8 Dev x64. On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Andrew Berg wrote: > On 2011.09.19 09:00 AM, Brian Curtin wrote: >> You said "the application does not create an app folder in the user's >> 'application data' directory" -

Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-19 Thread Andrew Berg
On 2011.09.19 09:00 AM, Brian Curtin wrote: > You said "the application does not create an app folder in the user's > 'application data' directory" -- what does this mean, or rather, what > is the specific folder you're expecting to have? If Python can't > create the directory but you can do it man

Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-19 Thread Brian Curtin
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 13:01, Kevin Walzer wrote: > I have been testing my Python application on the just-released developer > preview of Windows 8 and have noted an error: the application does not > create an app folder in the user's "application data" directory. This causes > the app to crash o

Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-17 Thread Alec Taylor
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Westley Martínez wrote: > On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 04:15:57AM +, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2011-09-17, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> > I would consider reporting it as a bug in Windows 8, not a bug in >> > >> >> Good luck with that plan.  ;) >> >> [I don't kno

Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-17 Thread Westley Martínez
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 04:15:57AM +, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-09-17, Chris Angelico wrote: > > > I would consider reporting it as a bug in Windows 8, not a bug in > > Good luck with that plan. ;) > > [I don't know anything about this particular issue, but I do know that > when ther

Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-17 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2011-09-17, Chris Angelico wrote: > I would consider reporting it as a bug in Windows 8, not a bug in Good luck with that plan. ;) [I don't know anything about this particular issue, but I do know that when there is a bug in Windows, it's usually everyboyd else that has to change to work a

Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-17 Thread John Ladasky
On Sep 17, 2:20 pm, Chris Angelico wrote: > I would consider reporting it as a bug in Windows 8, not a bug in Python. > > Chris Angelico +1, beat me to it. :^) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Kevin Walzer wrote: > I realize that this developer preview of Windows is still at somewhere > between alpha- and beta-level, and it's possible things will get better. > Should I wait to report this as a bug until Windows 8 is released, or do the > Python developer

Re: Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-17 Thread Terry Reedy
On 9/17/2011 2:01 PM, Kevin Walzer wrote: I have been testing my Python application on the just-released developer preview of Windows 8 and have noted an error: the application does not create an app folder in the user's "application data" directory. This causes the app to crash on startup. Manua

Python bug in Windows 8--report now, or later?

2011-09-17 Thread Kevin Walzer
I have been testing my Python application on the just-released developer preview of Windows 8 and have noted an error: the application does not create an app folder in the user's "application data" directory. This causes the app to crash on startup. Manually creating the directory solves the pr