[Python-Dev] 3.5 release schedule PEP

[Paul Moore]

On 27 September 2014 06:08, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> Pip on Windows should act like a normal Windows program.  If I install
> Python for all users, I expect pipped packages to be installed for all users
> too, unless I specify otherwise.  If installation (for all users) requires
> admin privileges, I expect a UAC box to pop up and ask for the admin
> password.  This is pretty routine, at least with Win7.  Most every program I
> install does this either on installation or on first running.  Some Windows
> operations also pop up a box.  There are only a few things that require that
> I actually login as an admin user.

The main problem is that there is little or no prior art on Windows
for *console* programs that require elevation. Those few that do need
it require you to start the program from an elevated prompt, but
that's not a good user experience.

But having said that, I agree with your point, the UAC changes are
designed specifically to get people used to the "think about what
you're doing" approach, and we should be doing the same.
Paul