Path: csiph.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.09; 'broken.': 0.09; '"terry': 0.16; 'bug,': 0.16; 'email addr:udel.edu>': 0.16; 'email name:<tjreedy': 0.16; 'phone)': 0.16; 'reedy"': 0.16; 'subject:Installation': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.18; '>': 0.18; '2015': 0.20; 'cc:2**0': 0.20; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.20; 'aug': 0.20; 'not,': 0.22; '(on': 0.22; 'assuming': 0.22; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'software.': 0.25; 'testing': 0.25; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; "can't": 0.32; 'realize': 0.32; 'avoiding': 0.33; 'case,': 0.34; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'installing': 0.35; 'quite': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'really': 0.37; 'doing': 0.38; 'actually,': 0.84; 'subject:Successful': 0.84; 'to:none': 0.91; ':).': 0.91; 'rick': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:cc:content-type; bh=ZNQQkvYDlc5aNzhU/vslL2R/DyLTXVOlNzDJ3KuevKs=; b=gxHLjmf+zG7Oisf7QZzDW1iWCAoJkzZOstv2w4JfyKJkJxIerYCErXynx3cmaoPK+r zN+3fQplQ9tgfTmpRaDdjMMxQtFDviSRw0eSaS15xC3QfRSprrx1E2C8Ri0luEisViio nKZhvwyltjN1+xYFbIf/1ckERqJer+sMfBN4LQZPkS3OvRInk/gDMaZkk4fVB2kSxMXr ew2kNgPmeDrJTUGeQoAb2pe6LoaJclgK4ly2ZogdA1LJ4LnDYADUeM7tSJT5pu0+gWk6 zRv0aY8hNmBE8mzgrpttA0n18LPdsnT3iN1phgoFs9xsE72zQBjjgsWzyRuPaVWcaveZ 2JSA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.65.99 with SMTP id w3mr3696236pbs.146.1438869278246; Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:54:38 -0700 (PDT) Sender: zachary.ware@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <201508051612.t75GCc5m017047@rs103.luxsci.com> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 08:54:38 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: KBKc9x3-HeXRwz0bCgqWWzoC52U Subject: Re: Installation Successful, but pythonw and idle doesn't function From: Zachary Ware Cc: python-list@python.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11381c8a354dbe051ca4dc36 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1438869281 news.xs4all.nl 2874 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49915 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:95084 --001a11381c8a354dbe051ca4dc36 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Aug 6, 2015 3:55 AM, "Terry Reedy" wrote: > Actually, people do a service by installing and testing pre-release software. They just need to realize that this is what they are doing ;-). Indeed. However, I was assuming (possibly rashly, and if that's the case, my apologies to Rick) that Rick is quite new to Python, in which case he really is better off avoiding even pre-x.y.1 releases :). It's hard to learn something when you can't tell what's a bug, what's not, and what's just completely broken. -- Zach (On a phone) --001a11381c8a354dbe051ca4dc36 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Aug 6, 2015 3:55 AM, "Terry Reedy" <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> Actually, people do a service by installing and testing pre-release so= ftware.=C2=A0 They just need to realize that this is what they are doing ;-= ).

Indeed. However, I was assuming (possibly rashly, and if tha= t's the case, my apologies to Rick) that Rick is quite new to Python, i= n which case he really is better off avoiding even pre-x.y.1 releases :). I= t's hard to learn something when you can't tell what's a bug, w= hat's not, and what's just completely broken.

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Zach
(On a phone)

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