Python DLL in Windows Folder

[Stef Mientki]

Markus Gritsch wrote:
> On 25/12/2007, Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
>   
>> Ross Ridge <rridge at caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Chris Mellon <arkanes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> What the python installer is doing is the Right Thing for making the
>>>> standard python dll available to third party applications.
>>>> Applications that want a specific version of a specific DLL should use
>>>> the mechanisms available for doing so, instead of relying on there
>>>> being a specific version of the python dll in the windows folder. This
>>>> is just general best practice on Windows.
>>>>         
>>> No, it's not best practice for an application install any of its files
>>> in the Windows system directory.
>>>       
>> Python is more than an application.  It's a development tool, and its DLLs
>> are needed by any of the Python applications I create.  I disagree with
>> your assertion.
>>     
>
> I assume that your Python applications are .py files.  To be able to
> run them it would be perfectly ok if the Python DLL would be located
> beside the python.exe in the Python installation folder.
>
>   
>> Deployment of Python applications is much easier when python24.dll is
>> located there.   That has to weigh in the equation.
>>     
>
> Same doubts as above: For .py files to be executed it is not necessary
> that the Python DLL is located in the Windows system32 folder.
>
> Markus
>   
Another reason "not to put the DLL in win/wys32":
on a lot of computers writing to win/sys32 or even the whole C-drive is 
prohibited !

cheers,
Stef