Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-02 Thread David Fraser
Thomas Heller wrote: "Matt Gerrans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Looks like the installer for the Win32 extensions has changed from Wise to distutils, so now my automated silent installations don't work anymore. Anyone know if the distutils binary installer can be run silently?I haven't been

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread David Ascher
Luke Skywalker wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:15:38 -0500, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You are right about ActiveState, the copy you download from their web site is licensed to prohibit redistribution. They might be prepared to cut you a special license, but you'd have to ask them abou

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Brad Tilley
Peter Hansen wrote: ... innocent and ignorant users who are concerned about finding this thing called "Python" on their new machines, and most of them seem curiously more interested in removing it than in discovering what it actually is there for. This has been my experience as well. I don't have m

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Peter Hansen
Matt Gerrans wrote: You guessed correctly. Python is on HP (and Compaq now) PCs because I put it there. Do you think you could expand on the brief description about this that is to be found in the following page? http://www.python.org/doc/faq/installed.html The python.org webmaster email address

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Matt Gerrans
You guessed correctly. Python is on HP (and Compaq now) PCs because I put it there. And yes, I did get the "I've found Python on my computer, what does it do and can I remove it" from the support group. How to answer that?You have a computer with Windows Script Host (JScript & VBScript)

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Steve Holden
Luke Skywalker wrote: On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:15:38 -0500, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You are right about ActiveState, the copy you download from their web site is licensed to prohibit redistribution. They might be prepared to cut you a special license, but you'd have to ask them abo

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Luke Skywalker
On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:15:38 -0500, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >You are right about ActiveState, the copy you download from their web >site is licensed to prohibit redistribution. They might be prepared to >cut you a special license, but you'd have to ask them about that. Does it m

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Steve Holden
Matt Gerrans wrote: That sounds easy enough, but I imagine the Acive State package requires some kind of licensing.I'm pre-installing on millions of consumer PCs. Ah, so your group is responsible for all the "I've found Python on my computer, what does it do and can I remove it" messages w

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Matt Gerrans
That sounds easy enough, but I imagine the Acive State package requires some kind of licensing.I'm pre-installing on millions of consumer PCs. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Trent Mick
Matt Gerrans wrote: Maybe there is a better way to do an unattended install of the Win32 extensions (that is, perhaps without using the binary)? You could use the ActivePython MSI package, which includes the PyWin32 extensions and offers a silent install option: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/

Re: Python Win32 Silent Install

2004-12-01 Thread Thomas Heller
"Matt Gerrans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Looks like the installer for the Win32 extensions has changed from Wise to > distutils, so now my automated silent installations don't work anymore. > Anyone know if the distutils binary installer can be run silently?I > haven't been able find a