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?