[Catalog-sig] Withdrawing PEP 262

[David Ascher]

Martin v. Loewis wrote:

>Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net> writes:
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>>i use Debian Linux, which has a great package management system too
>>and it's very nice when all the dependencies are installed along with
>>a python extension. i understand you're exitement.
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>>but... not all systems have a package management system, e.g. on
>>windows rules chaos.
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>That may be true in general, but on Windows, it is not. There is a
>database of installed packages, complete with uninstallation etc.
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In fact what I think is wrong with both Windows and many other systems' 
is that they tend to be  'one-level' systems -- it's hard to define a 
"subsystem" installation.  It'd be nice if every python module installed 
didn't show up in the ever-growing list of programs under Add/Remove 
Programs.  Or are there subtleties to the Windows Installer that I 
haven't heard of?

--david