[Python-Dev] Windows installers and %PATH%

[Andrew Pennebaker]

Please have the Windows installers add the Python installation directory to
the PATH environment variable.

Many newbies dive in without knowing that they must manually add C:\PythonXY
to PATH. It's yak shaving, something perfectly automatable that should have
been done by the installers way back in Python 1.0.

Please also add PYTHONROOT\Scripts. It's where cool things like
easy_install.exe are stored. More yak shaving.

The only potential downside to this is upsetting users who manage multiple
python installations. It's not a problem: they already manually adjust PATH
to their liking.

Cheers,

Andrew Pennebaker
www.yellosoft.us
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