[Python-Dev] windows standard [was: PEP 365 (Adding thepkg_resources module)]

[Terry Reedy]

"Jim Jewett" <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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| Terry Reedy
| > The standard (and to me, preferable)  way of dealing
| > with such things is to  have an 'installation manager'
| > that can reinstall as well as delete and  that has a
| > check box for various things to delete.  This is what
| > Python  needs.

'such things' referred to 'add-ons' as discussed in snipped text both mine 
and Paul's.

| Paul Moore:
| > I'd dispute strongly that this is a "standard".
| > It may be preferable, but I'm not sure where you
| > see evidence of it being a standard.
|
| When I install a large program (such as developer tools, or python
| itself) on Windows, I expect a choice of "default" or "custom".   When
| I choose custom, I expect a list of components, which can be chosen,
| not chosen, or mixed (meaning that it has subcomponents, only some of
| which are chosen).
|
| The whole thing only shows up once in Add/Remove programs.  If I
| select it, I do get options to Change or Repair.  These let me change
| my mind on which subcomponents are installed.

This is what I am requesting for Python.

| If I install python and then separately install Zope, it may or may
| not make sense for Zope to be listed separately as a "program" to Add
| or Remove.

Neither Paul nor I defined 'add-on', but I would be willing to call 
Zope/Plone  something more than that, preferably with its own multi-option 
entry.

tjr