Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

[Mark Hammond]

On 29/10/2009 11:06 AM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:

> So I suggest switching to some other more light-weight installer
> technology.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I expect we will stick with MSI even with 
its shortcomings.  Using MSI files has significant other advantages, 
particularly in "managed" environments.

> (2) Failure to set up PATH.

This is by design.  If you really care passionately about this, you 
should be able to find a number of discussions here, in python-dev and 
in the python bug tracker.

One example of why the current behaviour is useful is that many people 
install multiple Python versions side-by-side and a "last installed 
wins" strategy isn't a great option.

> Even after setting up a correct PATH Tkinter does not work:

I suspect this will be a Python 3.x issue - you probably want to stick 
with 2.x.

HTH,

Mark