Message104362
I'd like to concur that Python should install to %ProgramFiles% by default. The root-directory default is particularly anomalous on 64-bit Windows, where you have separate 64- and 32-bit Program Files directories; if I have a Python installation in "C:\Python26", is it amd64 Python or x86 Python? If I want to install both (since many packages don't yet support amd64), which one should I install to \Python26 and which should I rename?
As mel's post above (2005-11-15 11:39) points out, installing to C:\ is comparable to installing to /python2.6 on a Unix box; it's nonstandard, inelegant, and prone to ACL problems like the one this bug was opened for. If convenience on the command line (for non-power-users unfamiliar with %Path%) is the concern, a better solution would be a checkbox in the installer to add the new Python to the system %Path%. |
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2010-04-27 21:06:49 | fran.rogers | set | recipients:
+ fran.rogers, tim.peters, loewis, mhammond, nnorwitz, jaraco, mel, dsmiller, norvellspearman, carlfk, ezio.melotti, r.david.murray, michael.foord, brian.curtin, flox |
2010-04-27 21:06:49 | fran.rogers | set | messageid: <1272402409.31.0.0991940483434.issue1284316@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2010-04-27 21:06:47 | fran.rogers | link | issue1284316 messages |
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