[Python-Dev] Windows installers and %PATH%

[John O'Connor]

+ 0 for automatically adding to %PATH%

+ 1 for providing an option to the user during install

- John


On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <
andrew.pennebaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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