Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> added the comment: One important point - in the "new world" where data files living alongside code is unsupported, the bdist_msi and bdist_wininst installers need to be updated to install data files as needed. This may work already (I'll do some tests to see how well when I get back to my PC with dev builds on it) but right now bdist_wininst for example does not support the full generality of the resource mechanism (and it's not clear to me how it can be made to...) so there will be restrictions on what can be allowed until the wininst format is updated.
For installs from source, the suggested "new world" is fine. But without a binary install process that's as flexible as a source install, the current "alongside the code" approach has the benefit of working well with the existing installer technology. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11805> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
