[issue41627] Relocate user site packages on Windows 32-bit

Steve Dower added the comment: > With the change in PR 22098, the 32-bit interpreter will install to a > different location. To clarify this, I meant the 32-bit interpreter will install *packages* to a different location (when using the user scheme). -- assignee: -> steve.dower

[issue41627] Relocate user site packages on Windows 32-bit

Steve Dower added the comment: New changeset dd18001c308fb3bb65006c91d95f6639583a3420 by Steve Dower in branch 'master': bpo-41627: Distinguish 32 and 64-bit user site packages on Windows (GH-22098) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dd18001c308fb3bb65006c91d95f6639583a3420

[issue41627] Relocate user site packages on Windows 32-bit

Steve Dower added the comment: > If it is otherwise possible to user-only install both 32 and 64 bit versions, > then using the same site-packages strikes me a bug It's very easy to install both 32 and 64-bit runtimes (and it doesn't matter if they're user or system installs). But when

[issue41627] Relocate user site packages on Windows 32-bit

Change by Steve Dower : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +21185 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/22098 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue41627] Relocate user site packages on Windows 32-bit

Dong-hee Na added the comment: > We should switch the pattern to Python{sys.winver}, which is XY or XY-32, the > same as elsewhere. +1 -- nosy: +corona10 ___ Python tracker

[issue41627] Relocate user site packages on Windows 32-bit

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: If it is otherwise possible to user-only install both 32 and 64 bit versions, then using the same site-packages strikes me a bug, even if only fixed in the next version. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker

[issue41627] Relocate user site packages on Windows 32-bit

New submission from Steve Dower : Currently, the user site packages on Windows is %APPDATA%\Python\PythonXY. This can cause conflicts between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the runtime. We should switch the pattern to Python{sys.winver}, which is XY or XY-32, the same as elsewhere. This