On 07/03/2011 17:21, Sridhar Ratnakumar wrote:
On Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Brian Curtin wrote:
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 11:41, Michael Foord<fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk
<mailto:fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk>>wrote:
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I would like to see us create version specific (i.e. python32.exe /
python32w.exe) binaries (or links if we drop support for earlier
versions of Windows or some filesystems - I'm agnostic on that
issue) *plus* a python3.exe / python3w.exe with "last install wins"
(as it is for currently for file associations).
I don't have an ActiveState install on this machine, but I know they
have been adding some form of version specific binaries for a while,
so maybe they can comment on what they chose and how they chose it,
and how people are using it. Are Sridhar or Trent on here?
ActivePython for Windows includes the following binaries on Windows:
* python.exe
* python3.2.exe
* python3.xe
(plus the `pythonw` versions)
python3.2.exe is better than python32.exe because that matches the
invocation (eg: "python3.2 -m foo") on Unix.
Similarly for 2.x (python2.exe / python2.7.exe).
All of this is particularly useful if the installer adds Python
directory to %PATH% (which is the case for ActivePython, but not the
one from python.org).
Sounds ideal. :-)
Michael
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