[issue39772] Python 2 FAQ shown in h...@python.org auto reply

2020-02-28 Thread Mats Wichmann
Mats Wichmann added the comment: Admit it doesn't seem vastly helpful to pile on with a "not us", but the current webmaster@ autoreply is here: https://github.com/tjguk/python-webmaster/blob/master/auto-responder.txt/. It contains this link: https://docs.python.org/3/faq/ind

[issue26628] Undefined behavior calling C functions with ctypes.Union arguments

2020-04-07 Thread Mats Wichmann
Mats Wichmann added the comment: For readers who got here via a search after hitting the new traceback, note the fix in bpo-16575 was reverted. It's still a duplicate issue, so follow the progress there. -- nosy: +mwichmann ___ Python tr

[issue40948] Better identify Windows installer as installer only, not runner

2020-06-13 Thread Mats Wichmann
Mats Wichmann added the comment: "on python-list and probably elsewhere"... I can confirm these questions get mailed to webmas...@python.org :) A couple of comments since I see these fairly frequently: The "using" doc page may have too much information for beginner t

[issue40948] Better identify Windows installer as installer only, not runner

2020-06-13 Thread Mats Wichmann
Mats Wichmann added the comment: > py.exe is preferred *if* one starts python from a command line. I'm not a habitual Windows user (a certain project is making me spend way more time there than usual), but if I start typing python to a Windows search, after the first two let

[issue40948] Better identify Windows installer as installer only, not runner

2020-07-28 Thread Mats Wichmann
Mats Wichmann added the comment: I still think there ought to be some pointer to https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html in there. -- ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue40