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Wow.
Didn't realise that Open source software and questions about it were that offensive.
As a predominantly Linux user, I figured my colleagues in the open source community
might like to contribute to the shared knowledge for the benefit of the next
generation of computer users.
I'm now told they'll be running the 3.3 from the official Python repo, does that
make it less offensive?
Thanks at least to the previous poster (Robin) for confirming what my paranoia was
leading me to.
And we wonder why cultural imperialism prevents the mass uptake of open source
software...
I'll take my questions elsewhere, I think.
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:34:08
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Subject: Re: [LUG] Python Question
Off-topic. Not even running on Cygwin. Take it to a Python list, Adam.
On 23 Oct, 2012, at 10:34 am, Adam Latham wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Just a brief one. We've finally managed to convince the IT
> department in the Academy I work at to try Python. Which is pretty
> cool in itself.
>
> However, as they run Windows 7 and everything is locked down pretty
> tight, I'm wondering about the wisdom of the default install path.
>
> I should mention they've opted for the community edition of
> ActivePython (why? No idea...) and have installed in the C:
> \Python2.7 directory.
>
> They're intending for people to use Idle to develop.
>
> Having briefly played with it and done the obligatory os.getcwd()
> Idle is running straight out of the Python directory.
>
> Don't ask me why but it just rang some alarm bells.
>
> Whilst I'm sure that the average student at my school has little
> desire or skill to run malicious scripts, it just seems a bit mental
> to allow these to be run directly on this path.
>
> Am I just being paranoid? What about a CLI argument such as:
>
> idle.py -c "os.chdir('some-user-path')"
>
> Added to the shortcut/launcher?
>
> Any comments or suggestion welcomed. I'd like them to at least give
> python a good go, rather than give it up as too difficult to
> configure...
>
> Write permissions to the c:\ drive are strictly controlled, I should
> add, and the userspace is in H:\
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Adam
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