[Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7. on Windows

[anatoly techtonik]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Mike Miller <python-dev at mgmiller.net> wrote:
> On 04/29/2014 05:12 AM, Steve Dower wrote:
>>
>> This would be an incredibly painful change that would surprise and hurt a
>> lot of
>> people.
>
>
> Hi, I think "incredibly painful" is overstating the case a bit. ;)  We're
> talking about an installer default, a setting that would still be changeable
> as it always has, that by definition only will affect brand new installs.

You don't take into account many tutorials and internal docs that make the
job of new users easier by using this default. Human processes will be
broken, newbies will suffer.