On 16 April 2015 at 00:48, Steve Dower <Steve.Dower@microsoft.com> wrote:
On the Start Menu suggestion, I think that's a horrible idea. Pip is not the system package manager and it shouldn't be changing the system. Unversioned script launchers are in the same category, but aren't quite as offensive.
I know it's only a hypothetical, but I'd much rather it didn't get repeated so often that it actually happens. There are better tools for making app installers, as opposed to package installers.
Sorry - I agree it's an awful idea. Older wininst installers such as the pywin32 (and I think the PyQT one) one do this, I wanted to use it as an example of abuse of postinstall scripts that should *not* be perpetuated in any new scheme. Just to expand on another point in my mail - I'd like *anyone* to provide an example of a genuine use case for something they think should be a "required" installer extension. I'm not sure such a thing actually exists... Paul