On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 at 08:39 Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 26 January 2017 at 16:11, Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Is it time to "hide" Python 2.7 from the default choice and only show > > Python 3.6 *by default*? > > Actually, looking back at the "Download" dropdown for Windows, I see > > Python 3.6.0 Python 2.7.13 > > That's not really that bad (I recalled it being worse) - Python 3 is > on the left, which I'd interpret as "first", but otherwise the choices > are pretty equal. > > The problem is that because it's 32-bit, I never really look at these > options, I always go straight to "Other downloads", which is in a > *really* weird order - 3.5.3, then 3.5.3rc1, then 3.6.0, then 2.7.13, > ... "Full list of downloads" isn't much better - 3.4.6, 3.5.3, 3.6.0, > 2.7.13, 3.4.5, ... > > +1 on tidying up, and consistently showing an order 3.6.0, 2.7.13, > "other older versions". No matter where people end up, they should > always see 3.6 as the first option, with 2.7 clearly available as "the > other one". > > +0 on de-emphasising 2.7 still further. I'm in favour, and I think > that people who need 2.7 in practice probably need it for > compatibility with other parts of their system and so should likely be > getting it from their vendor/distro rather than python.org. > > +1 on making the main download for Windows 64-bit. >
+1 to what Paul proposes.
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