Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I will let Steve Dower explain or link to explanations for the change. But there were reasons.
All of the approximately 10 pre-releases for 3.5.0 have been in the new .exe format. See https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350a1/ , which offered python-3.5.0a1-amd64.exe last Feb 8. ---------- nosy: +terry.reedy _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue25124> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
