On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:46:00 +1000
Nick Coghlan
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Ethan Furman
wrote: Nick Coghlan wrote:
The repeated references to copying binaries and Python files throughout the PEP is annoying, and needs to be justified. Python 3.2+ supports symlinking on Windows Vista and above as well as on *nix systems, so there needs to be a short section somewhere explaining why symlinks are not an adequate lightweight solution (pointing out the fact that creating symlinks on Windows often requires administrator privileges would be sufficient justification for me).
Windows Vista?!? Death first! ;)
My machines are still using XP -- is that sufficient justification for copying?
It's justification for supporting it, not necessarily for doing it implicitly (although Windows in general is far more tolerant of bundling than the various *nix platforms).
Isn't it enough to share the Python DLL? The small Python executable can be copied around. Regards Antoine.