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From: superpollo on 28 Jun 2010 05:37 Lawrence D'Oliveiro ha scritto: > In message <4c24c152$0$31381$4fafbaef(a)reader1.news.tin.it>, superpollo > wrote: > >> suppose i work in a linux environment, but i would like to ship a >> win/dos executable file from time to time, just for test purposes (my >> "testers" are windows users and don't want to go through the hassle of >> installing python on their win boxes). > > Is it really such a hassle to install things on Windows? no, but it *IS* to explain it to dumb users... :-( bye
From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro on 29 Jun 2010 03:27 In message <4c286d71$0$18654$4fafbaef(a)reader3.news.tin.it>, superpollo wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro ha scritto: >> >> Is it really such a hassle to install things on Windows? > > no, but it *IS* to explain it to dumb users... :-( Can't you create an installation package that specifies Python and all the other necessary dependencies, so the Windows package-management system will automatically pull the right versions in when the user does the installation?
From: Stephen Hansen on 29 Jun 2010 10:24 On 6/29/10 12:27 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message<4c286d71$0$18654$4fafbaef(a)reader3.news.tin.it>, superpollo > wrote: > >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro ha scritto: >>> >>> Is it really such a hassle to install things on Windows? >> >> no, but it *IS* to explain it to dumb users... :-( > > Can't you create an installation package that specifies Python and all the > other necessary dependencies, so the Windows package-management system will > automatically pull the right versions in when the user does the > installation? At first, on reading this, I assumed it was sarcastic (and sort of decided not to reply, because anti-windows is too easy); but on reading again I'm not so sure, you're writing it all out so .. dry. Then again, 'hearing' tone in text is hard. If this isn't sarcastic: windows has no package management system. You include every dependency manually (in varying forms) or things don't run. Windows has a way to track what you install, and the ability to uninstall about three fourths of it later. That's it. -- ... Stephen Hansen ... Also: Ixokai ... Mail: me+list/python (AT) ixokai (DOT) io ... Blog: http://meh.ixokai.io/
From: Bill Davy on 1 Jul 2010 09:13
"Stephen Hansen" <me+list/python(a)ixokai.io> wrote in message news:mailman.2344.1277821469.32709.python-list(a)python.org... > On 6/29/10 12:27 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> In message<4c286d71$0$18654$4fafbaef(a)reader3.news.tin.it>, superpollo >> wrote: >> >>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro ha scritto: >>>> >>>> Is it really such a hassle to install things on Windows? >>> >>> no, but it *IS* to explain it to dumb users... :-( >> >> Can't you create an installation package that specifies Python and all >> the >> other necessary dependencies, so the Windows package-management system >> will >> automatically pull the right versions in when the user does the >> installation? > > At first, on reading this, I assumed it was sarcastic (and sort of decided > not to reply, because anti-windows is too easy); but on reading again I'm > not so sure, you're writing it all out so .. dry. Then again, 'hearing' > tone in text is hard. > > If this isn't sarcastic: windows has no package management system. You > include every dependency manually (in varying forms) or things don't run. > > Windows has a way to track what you install, and the ability to uninstall > about three fourths of it later. That's it. > > -- > > ... Stephen Hansen > ... Also: Ixokai > ... Mail: me+list/python (AT) ixokai (DOT) io > ... Blog: http://meh.ixokai.io/ > Not that I am a supporter of Windows nor an expert at MSI BUT later versions of Visual Studio do have a mechanism for building a package. I know it's not in VC6, but is in VS.2008. HTH, Bill |