repair modify uninstall

Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards at gmail.com
Thu Jun 11 13:58:03 EDT 2020


On 2020-06-11, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>
>> Indeed.  Is the file name not clear that it's an installer?
>
> No.  python-3.8.3-amd64.exe, which is typical naming for install files.
>
> I opened https://bugs.python.org/issue40948 and suggested adding
> '-setup' or '-install',

An excellent suggestion.  When I build .exe installers, I always end
the name in '-setup'.  Everybody seems to understand that, but my
audience is probably smaller and a bit more tech-savvy that that of the
Python audience.

> as well as instructions on the initial screen for existing installs,
> and, if not present, the final screen for new installs.

Thanks for filing that bug.

--
Grant





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