On Wed, 22 May 2019 at 03:30, Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> wrote:
> Hi all > > Just sharing this here because I think it's important for us to be aware > of it - I'm not trying to promote or sell anything here :) (Those who > were at the language summit have seen this already.) > > In the next Windows 10 update that starts rolling out today, we > (Microsoft) have added "python.exe" and "python3.exe" commands that are > installed on PATH *by default* and will open the Microsoft Store at the > page where we (Python core team) publish our build. > > This makes it a 1-2 click process to get from a clean machine to having > a usable Python install ("python.exe" -> opens Store -> "Get it Free" -> > "python.exe" now works!) > > The associated blog post: > > > https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-in-the-windows-10-may-2019-update/ > > Here are answers to a few questions that I assume will come up, at least > from this audience that understands the issues better than most: > > * if someone had installed Python and put it on PATH with our installer, > this new command *does not* interfere > * if someone had manually modified their own PATH, they *may* see some > interference (but we [Microsoft] decided this was an acceptable risk) > * the Python 3.7 installed from the store will not auto-update to 3.8, > but when 3.8 is released we (Microsoft) will update the redirect to > point at it > * if you pass arguments to the redirect command, it just exits with an > error code - you only get the Store page if you run it without arguments > * once the Store package is installed, the redirect command is replaced > (this required a new feature in the OS). If you install with the regular > installer and update PATH, or active a venv, it will add it *before* the > redirect. So these scenarios should be all good. > > I'm happy to answer other questions here. The long-term contact for this > integration is python (at) microsoft.com, which right now will come to me. > > And on a personal note, I'm very excited that we (Microsoft) got the > approval to do this. Getting *anything* added to Windows is a big task, > so it's a reflection of the popularity and support for Python that's > growing within Microsoft that we were able to make this happen. That's > due to every contributor, both to the core runtime and the ecosystem. I > hope this will only help us improve the availability of Python for users > and make it an easier choice for dev tasks in the future. > > Cheers, > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/g.rodola%40gmail.com <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/g.rodola%40gmail.com> > I am really glad this happened. I think that in a sense this could be considered sort of historical. -- Giampaolo - http://grodola.blogspot.com
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