[issue5342] packaging: add tests for old versions cleanup on update

2013-10-16 Thread Sergio Callegari
Sergio Callegari added the comment: Getting bitten by this with numpy/scipy installations Having previous scipy installed, pip install -I scipy creates a broken scipy installation, because the previous one is not removed and gets overwritten. For instance, an old spectral.so file leftover

[issue17419] bdist_wininst installer should allow install in user directory

2013-03-14 Thread Sergio Callegari
New submission from Sergio Callegari: When installing a package by calling setup you have a --user option to install the package for a single user in his disk area. E.g., python setup.py install --user A similar possibility should be offered via the windows installer An exe created by

[issue17420] bdist_wininst does not play well with unicode descriptions

2013-03-14 Thread Sergio Callegari
New submission from Sergio Callegari: When creating an installer with bdist_wininst, any unicode characters in the description and long_description fields get mangled when running the installer. -- messages: 184172 nosy: Sergio.Callegari priority: normal severity: normal status: open

[issue17420] bdist_wininst does not play well with unicode descriptions

2013-03-14 Thread Sergio Callegari
Sergio Callegari added the comment: On 14/03/2013 18:15, Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > > Would you like to work on a patch? > > -- > nosy: +loewis > > ___ > Python tracker > <