Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-29 Thread Ethan Furman
Alf P. Steinbach wrote: * Ethan Furman: Mark Hammond wrote: On 29/10/2009 11:06 AM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: So I suggest switching to some other more light-weight installer technology. Thanks for the suggestion, but I expect we will stick with MSI even with its shortcomings. Using MSI

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-29 Thread Ethan Furman
Mark Hammond wrote: On 29/10/2009 11:06 AM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: So I suggest switching to some other more light-weight installer technology. Thanks for the suggestion, but I expect we will stick with MSI even with its shortcomings. Using MSI files has significant other advantages, par

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-29 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Gabriel Genellina: En Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:06:03 -0300, Alf P. Steinbach escribió: The installer did manage to do the rest of that part correctly: file associations and PATHEXT variable. The Python installer from python.org does NOT add .py and .pyw to PATHEXT; the ActivePython one does.

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:06:03 -0300, Alf P. Steinbach escribió: The installer did manage to do the rest of that part correctly: file associations and PATHEXT variable. The Python installer from python.org does NOT add .py and .pyw to PATHEXT; the ActivePython one does. (3) Tkinter not

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* John Machin: On Oct 29, 11:06 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: (3) Tkinter not bundled, misleading & incomplete documentation. With the file associations in place (the installer managed to do that) running console programs works fine. However, running Tkinter based programs does *not* work:

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread John Machin
On Oct 29, 11:06 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: > (3) Tkinter not bundled, misleading & incomplete documentation. > > With the file associations in place (the installer managed to do that) running > console programs works fine. > > However, running Tkinter based programs does *not* work: > > > imp

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread John Machin
On Oct 29, 11:56 am, "Alf P. Steinbach" wrote: > Summarizing the main differences 2.6 -> 3.1.1 that I know of so far: print is > now a function (nice), "/" now always produces float result (unsure about > that, > it must surely break a lot or even most of existing code?), xrange() has been > remo

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* David Robinow: On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: PS: This was not unexpected. It was exactly why I earlier didn't even look at CPython (umpteen bad experiences with *nix ports) but used ActivePython. It's not a *nix port. It's multiplatform and it works fine. Your "

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread David Robinow
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: > PS: This was not unexpected. It was exactly why I earlier didn't even look > at CPython (umpteen bad experiences with *nix ports) but used ActivePython. It's not a *nix port. It's multiplatform and it works fine. As you've been told befor

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Mark Hammond: On 29/10/2009 11:06 AM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: So I suggest switching to some other more light-weight installer technology. Thanks for the suggestion, but I expect we will stick with MSI even with its shortcomings. Using MSI files has significant other advantages, particul

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Mark Hammond
On 29/10/2009 11:06 AM, Alf P. Steinbach wrote: So I suggest switching to some other more light-weight installer technology. Thanks for the suggestion, but I expect we will stick with MSI even with its shortcomings. Using MSI files has significant other advantages, particularly in "managed"

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Gabriel Genellina: En Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:18:48 -0300, Alf P. Steinbach escribió: I thought it would be prudent to install 3.1.1 for Windows from scratch, so I uninstalled everything (CPython, ActivePython), and then installed Python 3.1.1. In the "Advanced" option I told the installer to

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Gabriel Genellina: En Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:30:13 -0300, Alf P. Steinbach escribió: Hm, the installer forgot to clean up, leaving lots of files, so contrary to the dialog's final message the system had been modified. If those files are third-party libraries, this confirms my previous post.

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Alf P. Steinbach: * Alf P. Steinbach: Hi. Or, to whomever this concerns... ;-) I thought it would be prudent to install 3.1.1 for Windows from scratch, so I uninstalled everything (CPython, ActivePython), and then installed Python 3.1.1. In the "Advanced" option I told the installer to

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:30:13 -0300, Alf P. Steinbach escribió: Hm, the installer forgot to clean up, leaving lots of files, so contrary to the dialog's final message the system had been modified. If those files are third-party libraries, this confirms my previous post. It's not the 3.1.1

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Gabriel Genellina
En Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:18:48 -0300, Alf P. Steinbach escribió: I thought it would be prudent to install 3.1.1 for Windows from scratch, so I uninstalled everything (CPython, ActivePython), and then installed Python 3.1.1. In the "Advanced" option I told the installer to compile packages.

Re: Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
* Alf P. Steinbach: Hi. Or, to whomever this concerns... ;-) I thought it would be prudent to install 3.1.1 for Windows from scratch, so I uninstalled everything (CPython, ActivePython), and then installed Python 3.1.1. In the "Advanced" option I told the installer to compile packages. Th

Bug(s) in Python 3.1.1 Windows installation

2009-10-28 Thread Alf P. Steinbach
Hi. Or, to whomever this concerns... ;-) I thought it would be prudent to install 3.1.1 for Windows from scratch, so I uninstalled everything (CPython, ActivePython), and then installed Python 3.1.1. In the "Advanced" option I told the installer to compile packages. The compiler then found