Re: [Distutils] [Python-Dev] PEP 365 (Adding the pkg_resources module)

On 21/03/2008, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
However, this Windows user, and I expect most, do NOT expect add-ons (things under the /Pythonx.y tree) to show up in the add/remove list.
That's an interesting counterpoint to my comments. I presume from this that you dislike (and/or never use) bdist_msi and bdist_wininst precisely because they do add such items to the add/remove programs list? My argument is essentially that bdist_wininst set a de facto standard for this. Then, bdist_msi followed it. Now setuptools is trying to change that standard by ignoring it, rather than by discussion of the pros and cons. Personally, I like the current approach, but that's less relevant.
The standard (and to me, preferable) way of dealing with such things is to have an 'installation manager' that can reinstall as well as delete and that has a check box for various things to delete. This is what Python needs.
I'd dispute strongly that this is a "standard". It may be preferable, but I'm not sure where you see evidence of it being a standard. Could I also point out that *if* such a standard is set up for Python, bdist_wininst and bdist_msi should be modified to follow it. Otherwise, it's not a standard, more of competing approach. As you can see, my main concern is for consistency :-) Paul.
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Paul Moore