[IPython-dev] Windows installer - Progress Report

[Fernando Perez]

Hi Viktor,

Viktor Ransmayr wrote:
> I found the reason why the Windows installer failed:
> 
> if os_name=='windows' and 'install' in sys.argv[1]:     # *not* argv
> 
> However, there is no need to call the post-install script at all in the 
> setup-script.
> This is done automatically by distutils.
> 
> With the attached versions of setup.py and 'ipython_win_post_install.py' 
> I can
> run a *complete* and *successful* installation/ deinstallation cycle.

That's great news.  If this works in the end, I'll remove that magic and leave 
setup.py alone, so that:

1. Users of a .zip download who are assumed to be familiar enough with 
handling source installs, can do the normal

$ python setup.py install

No 'magic' auto-adding of the install argument under Windows, which is a gross 
hack to begin with.

2. Users of the graphical installer will simply double-click on the executable 
and it will run to completion.

We're on the right track, great :)

Best,

f