Re: [Scikit-learn-general] Strange install instructions

2012-01-18 Thread Lars Buitinck
2012/1/18 Vlad Niculae : > The bdist_wininst is only if you want to make a neat executable installer > like the ones we ship. Maybe we should add a `make wininst` target for > windows users who have Make. But I don't think this is used often. +1; this may be useful for distributing hacked versio

Re: [Scikit-learn-general] Strange install instructions

2012-01-18 Thread Vlad Niculae
On Jan 18, 2012, at 20:23 , Andreas wrote: > On 01/18/2012 07:19 PM, Vlad Niculae wrote: >> I am quoting from http://docs.python.org/distutils/builtdist.html >> >> >>> By default the installer will display the cool “Python Powered” >>> logo when it is run, but you can also supply your own> 152

Re: [Scikit-learn-general] Strange install instructions

2012-01-18 Thread Andreas
On 01/18/2012 07:19 PM, Vlad Niculae wrote: > I am quoting from http://docs.python.org/distutils/builtdist.html > > >> By default the installer will display the cool “Python Powered” >> logo when it is run, but you can also supply your own> 152x261 >> bitmap which must be a Windows .bmpfile wi

Re: [Scikit-learn-general] Strange install instructions

2012-01-18 Thread Vlad Niculae
I am quoting from http://docs.python.org/distutils/builtdist.html > By default the installer will display the cool “Python Powered” > logo when it is run, but you can also supply your own > 152x261 > bitmap which must be a Windows .bmpfile with the --bitmap option. I'm assuming -b is short for -

[Scikit-learn-general] Strange install instructions

2012-01-18 Thread Jacob VanderPlas
Hello, This doesn't seem right to me. Is the path to the logo bitmap supposed to appear in this line? In doc/install.rst: the command to execute is:: python setup.py bdist_wininst -b doc/logos/scikit-learn-logo.bmp This will create an insta