Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/12/2014 3:38 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote: Just deleting the Python directory hasn't been the right thing to do in a very long time - it leaves cruft in the registry at the very least (that will confuse other tools into thinking Python is still installed), and since Python 3.3 will also leave the

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: asyncio.events: Use __slots__ in Handle and TimerHandle

2014-02-12 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 02/12/2014 02:02 PM, yury.selivanov wrote: > >> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/920304e1f36b >> changeset: 89175:920304e1f36b >> user:Yury Selivanov >> date:Wed Feb 12 17:01:52 2014 -0500 >> summary: >>asyncio.event

Re: [Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: asyncio.events: Use __slots__ in Handle and TimerHandle

2014-02-12 Thread Ethan Furman
On 02/12/2014 02:02 PM, yury.selivanov wrote: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/920304e1f36b changeset: 89175:920304e1f36b user:Yury Selivanov date:Wed Feb 12 17:01:52 2014 -0500 summary: asyncio.events: Use __slots__ in Handle and TimerHandle files: Lib/asyncio/events.py

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Paul Moore
On 12 February 2014 20:38, Nick Coghlan wrote: >> It *does* seem that Python and Windows is becoming a sadder story >> -- I know, use Linux. :-) > > Actually, we've been substantially improving the Windows integration to make > things easier for new users, which is the main reason the Windows inst

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Nick Coghlan
On 13 Feb 2014 04:06, "Bob Hanson" wrote: > > TL;DR: Solved. Thanks, Victor, for prodding me to jump through > all those Windows hoops. ;-) > > [More comments interleaved below:] > > On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:15:43 +0100, Victor Stinner wrote: > > > 2014-02-12 18:10 GMT+01:00 Bob Hanson : > > > > By

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Hanson
TL;DR: Solved. Thanks, Victor, for prodding me to jump through all those Windows hoops. ;-) [More comments interleaved below:] On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:15:43 +0100, Victor Stinner wrote: > 2014-02-12 18:10 GMT+01:00 Bob Hanson : > > By the way, why not upgrading to SP3? :-) Lots of reasons. One,

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Hanson
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:49:20 -0600, Christopher Welborn wrote: > I've seen an error message similar to this one, because I didn't run > the installer as admin. ('Run as Administrator...'). Not sure if its > the same thing here though. Thanks for the suggestion, Christopher. However, see my last r

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Christopher Welborn
On 02/12/2014 10:30 AM, Bob Hanson wrote: [32-bit Windows XP-SP2] Python 3.4.0rc1's MSI installer won't install on my machine. Error message (typed in from screenshot): ''' There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run.

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Victor Stinner
2014-02-12 18:10 GMT+01:00 Bob Hanson : > Does this mean that Python no longer supports XP-SP2? I don't know what it means. I don't have access to Windows XP SP2 to test. By the way, why not upgrading to SP3? :-) I read that you installed the beta2 before. You should maybe make sure that Python

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Hanson
On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 17:42:49 +0100, Victor Stinner wrote: > 2014-02-12 17:30 GMT+01:00 Bob Hanson : > > > [32-bit Windows XP-SP2] > > > > Python 3.4.0rc1's MSI installer won't install on my machine. > > I justed tested Python 3.4.0rc1 MSI installer on Windows XP SP3 > (32-bit): Python was install

Re: [Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Victor Stinner
Hi, 2014-02-12 17:30 GMT+01:00 Bob Hanson : > [32-bit Windows XP-SP2] > > Python 3.4.0rc1's MSI installer won't install on my machine. I justed tested Python 3.4.0rc1 MSI installer on Windows XP SP3 (32-bit): Python was installed successfully. Victor _

[Python-Dev] MSI installer won't install on WinXP-SP2 (was Re: [RELEASED] Python 3.4.0 release candidate 1)

2014-02-12 Thread Bob Hanson
[32-bit Windows XP-SP2] Python 3.4.0rc1's MSI installer won't install on my machine. Error message (typed in from screenshot): ''' There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package