Python evolution: Unease

[Peter Hansen]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> "Paul Rubin" <"http://phr.cx"@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:7x652bnhx0.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com...
> 
> 
>>If I have a 400 gig hard drive, I don't see why I need 99.99% of it
>>empty instead of 99.0% after I do my OS install.
> 
> 
> Even though I currently only have 80 megs (about the minimum one can 
> currently buy), I've about decided you are right.  Having just installed a 
> 3 CD game last night, I realize that my stinginess with disk space for more 
> serious stuff is obsolete.  (My first hard disk was 5 or 10 megs.)  A 
> gigabyte would cover Python + Wxpython + numarray + scipy + pygame + a lot 
> of other stuff.
> 
> Would it be possible, at least for Windows, to write a Python script 
> implementing a 'virtual distribution'?  IE, download Python, install it, 
> download next package, install it, etc.  -- prefereably table driven?

How would you run the script in the first place?

(Assuming that has one of the straightforward answers I
can think of, then I would say the answer to your question
is "certainly"... I think most installers support a "silent"
option so that they could be run from a script.)

-Peter