Python Windows Installers
Hello all, I'm just doing some housekeeping on a Windows install, and notice that the 'Publisher' of my Python 2.4 and 2.5 installs is shown as "Martin v. Lowis". Whilst I *personally* find this very reassuring I wonder if this is intended / ideal? All the best, Michael Foord
Michael Foord wrote:
Hello all,
I'm just doing some housekeeping on a Windows install, and notice that the 'Publisher' of my Python 2.4 and 2.5 installs is shown as "Martin v. Lowis". Whilst I *personally* find this very reassuring I wonder if this is intended / ideal?
Just to clarify, this is on Windows Vista and shown in the Control Panel "Programs and Features" (what used to be "Add/Remove Programs"). Installers were from Python.org. Michael Foord
All the best,
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I'm just doing some housekeeping on a Windows install, and notice that the 'Publisher' of my Python 2.4 and 2.5 installs is shown as "Martin v. Lowis". Whilst I *personally* find this very reassuring I wonder if this is intended / ideal?
I certainly intended it: the field really is called the "author" file in MSI, and is (was) intended to indicate the "manufacturer" of the MSI, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367808(VS.85).aspx That Vista calls it "publisher" is somewhat ambiguous. In any case, bug #1737210 complained about it, and I changed it to "Python Software Foundation". I can't retroactively change it for the releases you are looking at. Regards, Martin
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
I'm just doing some housekeeping on a Windows install, and notice that the 'Publisher' of my Python 2.4 and 2.5 installs is shown as "Martin v. Lowis". Whilst I *personally* find this very reassuring I wonder if this is intended / ideal?
I certainly intended it: the field really is called the "author" file in MSI, and is (was) intended to indicate the "manufacturer" of the MSI, see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa367808(VS.85).aspx
That Vista calls it "publisher" is somewhat ambiguous.
In any case, bug #1737210 complained about it, and I changed it to "Python Software Foundation". I can't retroactively change it for the releases you are looking at.
No problem. I was more concerned about future releases. All the best, Michael Foord
Regards, Martin
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