On 2019-07-09 23:23, Alex Walters wrote:
I have made this suggestion in the past. The response then was that there
is no metadata in the windows install that includes if the release is
development or stable (that information is not stored in the registry). I
was advised to adjust my configuration of the py.exe launcher to set a
different default version.
I think that's a reasonable stance to take with development versions - they
are intended for testing in specialist situations, so you can expect the
users to take the extra steps to make sure using them doesn't blow up their
world.
It still would be nice if the registry details of the install had a bool
"stable" field that py.exe could poll. I can't imagine it adds a lot to the
release process, or adds significant complexity to the launcher, and that
negates the need to update the launcher regularly.
I agree that it seems the real problem here is the lack of a real way
to determine if an available version is a real release or a
prerelease/beta. Is it not possible to change that, so that it is
possible for the launcher to quickly and easily determine the highest
release version available?
--
Brendan Barnwell
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no
path, and leave a trail."
--author unknown
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