[issue13030] Be more generic when identifying the Windows main dir in installation doc

2014-05-06 Thread Tim Golden
Tim Golden added the comment: This is essentially superseded now by the work done over on distutils-sig and by the PyPA. (Which has included considering the differeng terminology of installation vs other paths on Windows vs Unix). -- resolution: -> wont fix stage: needs patch -> resol

[issue13030] Be more generic when identifying the Windows main dir in installation doc

2011-10-09 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: > The table headings 'Standard installation location' (of what?) Of software projects using distutils. > and 'Default value' (for what program?) For a CPython without changes to the default build configuration. > both seem a bit ambiguous, or rather they seem rev

[issue13030] Be more generic when identifying the Windows main dir in installation doc

2011-09-27 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I said exactly what I said ;-). Upon looking further (following the links), I see that 'install' refers to the disutils setup program install command option. What you should do is make the doc accurate and clear. What 'accurate' means is for you to say, but n

[issue13030] Be more generic when identifying the Windows main dir in installation doc

2011-09-27 Thread Éric Araujo
Éric Araujo added the comment: Terry, are you saying that the report is not a bug or that some part of the message is valid and some other part not? I can’t see clearly what I should do. Sandro: You can nosy me to all bugs for distutils docs: Doc/distutils, Doc/install, Doc/packaging, Doc/li

[issue13030] Be more generic when identifying the Windows main dir in installation doc

2011-09-23 Thread Terry J. Reedy
Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Windows does not require that executables be on any particular 'drive'. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue13030] Be more generic when identifying the Windows main dir in installation doc

2011-09-22 Thread Sandro Tosi
New submission from Sandro Tosi : Given I have no knowledge of the windows system, I'm just proxying http://mail.python.org/pipermail/docs/2011-September/005793.html : >>> Under: http://docs.python.org/install/index.html#inst-how-install-works It notes "Windows prefix\Lib\site-packages