[ python-Bugs-984290 ] Useless question in bdist_winst installers

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Bugs item #984290, was opened at 2004-07-03 05:42
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Category: Distutils
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Thomas Heller (theller)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Useless question in bdist_winst installers

Initial Comment:
Before a bdist_wininst created installer overwrites
files it asks the user whether files should be
overwritten or not.  This question is annoying and
doesn't seem very useful - it is too late to cancel the
installation (because some files might already have
been installed).

I suggest to remove this question (MessageBox), and
always overwrite files during the installation.

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2004-07-04 11:23

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+1 - just nuke it.  I can't think of *anything* that makes
sense to ask here, or even at the start (eg, checking if a
version is already installed and then asking the question
seems just as useless)

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