[ python-Bugs-1541420 ] tools and demo missing from windows

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Bugs item #1541420, was opened at 2006-08-16 18:19
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Category: Build
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jim Jewett (jimjjewett)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: tools and demo missing from windows

Initial Comment:
The windows distribution (I'm currently looking at 
2.5b3) does not contain a Demo directory, and the 
Tools directory contains only five subdirectories 
(i18n, pynche, Scripts, versioncheck, webchecker)

SVN Head lists 20 directories under Demo and 17 under 
Tools.

At a first pass, all except tools/audiopy (Solaris 
specific) are relevant on Windows, and some tools 
(such as freeze, msi) even have windows-specific code.

I've marked it 2.5 because consistency with other 
platforms seems like a bugfix, even if it does 
introduce new features to windows.  (And note that it 
only adds new files that are not on the standard path, 
which should limit the risks.)


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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2006-08-18 09:04

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This must wait until 2.5.1; more likely 2.6.

The Windows distribution was structured that way always, so
it's not a regression.

"Consistency with other platforms" is not a valid argument:
there are no binary distributions for other platforms except
for OSX (whether that includes Tools or Demo, I don't know).
The source distribution for Windows is the very same as the
source distribution for other platforms, and it does include
Tools and Demo, so it's (trivially) consistent.

I don't think the Demo directory should be included. The
equivalent of a binary distribution on Unix (make install)
doesn't install the Demos, either.

As for the Tools directory: this traditionally includes
directories on a per-request basis. If there is an actual
need for another tool, it should be added.

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