[Distutils] useless question in bdist_wininst installers

Thomas Heller theller at python.net
Fri Jul 2 15:45:09 EDT 2004


I just submitted <http://www.python.org/sf/984290>, which contains this text:

Before a bdist_wininst created installer overwrites files it asks the
user whether files should be overwritten or not. This question is
annoying and doesn't seem very useful - it is too late to cancel the
installation (because some files might already have been installed).

I suggest to remove this question (MessageBox), and always overwrite
files during the installation.

Any comments?

Thomas




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