On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 7:02 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > On 11/01/2018 19:41, Paul Moore wrote: >> >> On 11 January 2018 at 18:33, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > > >> python -m pip install XXX >> >> just works, for 99% of things anyone wants. In particular it works for >> pygame. >> >> Continuing to complain about a situation that has been resolved for a >> year or more > > > I tried that on my brand-new, just installed Python 3.7. It didn't work as > detailed in my other post. > > Please don't assume that because it works for you, that it MUST work for > everyone, and that they must be doing something wrong if it doesn't. > > Apparently it's missing a file called 'Setup'. Is it my fault if it can't > find it? Or if it insists on continuing to install something even when some > vital component is missing. >
Most people would use the latest STABLE RELEASE of a language, if they expect it to be stable. Unreleased versions, alphas, and so on, may be very useful, but should not be expected to work perfectly with all third-party modules. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
