On Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Brian Curtin wrote:
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 11:41, Michael Foord <fuzzyman@voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
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).
-srid
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