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Title: Windows installer 2.3.2 leaves old version in control panel
Type: Stage:
Components: Windows Versions: Python 2.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: wont fix
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Assigned To: theller Nosy List: drhok, theller
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2003-11-05 14:24 by drhok, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg18905 - (view) Author: Heiko Selber (drhok) Date: 2003-11-05 14:24
I installed Python 2.3.2 (Python-2.3.2-1.exe) over 2.3 
on WinXP.

I assumed that this removes Python 2.3, but aside from 
Python 2.3.2, the software section of the control panel 
still has a (stale?) reference to Python 2.3.

When I try to remove 2.3, I get a dialog saying that 
2.3.2 is about to be removed. This looks inconsistent.

Perhaps some cleanup is missing in the installation 
procedure?

msg18906 - (view) Author: Thomas Heller (theller) * (Python committer) Date: 2003-12-05 20:58
Logged In: YES 
user_id=11105

The recommened way to install Python 2.3.x is to remove any
version 2.3.y you have on your machine before.

Besides this, it's probably too late to fix this for the 2.3
line, and 2.4 will most certainly use a totally different
installation program (with its own problems ;-).

So, I'm sorry, but we have to live with this - I won't risk
other problems by fixing this small annoyance.
History
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2022-04-11 14:56:01adminsetgithub: 39508
2003-11-05 14:24:44drhokcreate