Martin v. Löwis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: > I understand the rationale behind #4120, but it seems like it only helps > a narrow set of applications, namely "applications that link dynamically > with the same version of MSVCR90 as Python and that bundle the MSVCR90 > DLL and that can't install the VS2008 redist".
This is not a narrow set, though. It includes all the applications that use py2exe and friends to create stand-alone applications. This case absolutely must be supported. > The 2.6.0 behavior - requiring the VS2008 redist to be installed - is > hardly perfect (to put it mildly), but in my opinion it's more obvious > and straightforward, and more consistent with the behavior of other > Windows software. Python has a long tradition of supporting "xcopy deployment". I don't want Microsoft to dictate that we stop supporting that. I find the need to have end-users install the CRT redist particularly unacceptable. I don't quite understand this issue yet. python26.dll is linked with a manifest. Isn't that good enough? _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4566> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
