Python required?

[Patrick Mézard]

Le 12/11/10 07:50, Steven Noonan a écrit :
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:07 PM, josef betancourt
> <josef.betancourt at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Small quibble.  On the main Mercurial page:  http://mercurial.selenic.com/
>> the top right section states:
>> Requirements Python 2.4 (get python)Is that really accurate?   If I download
>> the binary version for Windows I don't need Python.  Now I don't remember if
>> I had Python on my current system before Mercurial, and my statement is
>> false.  Anyway, my point is, this can be a sort of turn off for someone who
>> is not interested in installing another language into their Windows system.
>>
> 
> You _do_ actually need Python on the Windows binary version. The
> difference is that the Windows version is packaged with a build of
> Python 2.6.x. It's using python26.dll, with hg.exe as a wrapper for
> Mercurial.

This is a technical detail IMHO, the referenced page intent is to tell people what they ought to download to have a working Mercurial. They do not care whether it is written in python or not. If it leads people to download a python installer when looking for Mercurial on Windows then we should update it.

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Patrick Mézard