On 08Mar2016 1334, Alexander Walters wrote:
On 3/8/2016 16:29, Ian Kelly wrote:
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Ethan Furman ethan@stoneleaf.us wrote:
On 03/08/2016 01:11 PM, Alexander Walters wrote:
-1 py.exe should use whatever was first installed by default. If that's 2.7, then it's 2.7. if its python 9.9, then its python 9.9. but it should use whatever was FIRST installed unless the user changes it.
Which is still asking for a change from what happens now; i.e. if 3.3 is installed first, then 2.7, py.exe will default to 2.7.
I agree whichever is first installed should be default; I also think installer should have an option to change the py.exe default to the version being installed.
It would also be nice to have a way to change the default without needing to rerun an installer.
I am all for more configuration ex post facto. We are talking about the tyranny of the default though, which is complicated by the fact that it wont see the light of day until 3.6 (unless we backport a modified version of py.exe in future releases of 2.7 and 3.*).
"First installed" is a very difficult proposition, especially if you want versions of Python pre-3.6 to participate. "Last installed" is slightly better, though not easy to do without triggering systems that detect corrupted installations.
Personally I think "latest version" is the best default (compared to the current "latest 2.x version"), so I'm +1 on removing the assumption that "PY_PYTHON" is "2" by default.
Users can change their own default with any of the mechanisms described at https://docs.python.org/3/using/windows.html#customization
Cheers, Steve