I can't speak to the reasoning behind the download options, however the package installed with 'GoogleAppEngineLauncher-1.9.40.dmg' is capable of running Python apps as well, as it depends on and includes the latest Python SDK. Only the presentation of the download links has changed. This is still the case for Windows where the the downloads for the Python and PHP SDKs still link to the same file.
I've submitted an issue to the documentation team on this in hopes of getting some clarification. On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 12:25:50 PM UTC-4, Sriram Karra wrote: > > Is there any specific reason the latest Python SDK for Appengine does not > make available the Launcher as a dmg? ( > https://cloud.google.com/appengine/downloads) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/f56b4007-89b4-46d7-982e-970731734e13%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
