[Python-Dev] Python install layout and the PATH on win32

Tue Mar 20 23:07:06 CET 2012

On 20 March 2012 22:00, VanL <van.lindberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/20/2012 4:49 PM, Mark Hammond wrote:
>>>> So I'm assuming that:
>> * The executable (and DLL) are moved to a "bin" directory in an installed
>> Python.
>> * distutils etc will change to install all "scripts" (or executables
>> generated from scripts) into that same directory.  IOW, "Scripts" would die.

It's worth remembering Éric's point - distutils is frozen and changes
are in theory not allowed. This part of the proposal is not possible
without an exception to that ruling. Personally, I don't see how
making this change could be a problem, but I'm definitely not an
expert.
If distutils doesn't change, bdist_wininst installers built using
distutils rather than packaging will do the wrong thing with regard to
this change. End users won't be able to tell how an installer has been
built.
Paul.