[Python-Dev] PEP 397 (Python launcher for Windows) reference implementation

[Greg Ewing]

Vinay Sajip wrote:
> the installation of a pre-3.3 version of Python after Python 3.3 is
> installed with the launcher will, if the user selects "Register Extensions",
> hijack the laumcher's associations to that earlier Python. Then bye bye launcher

I don't see how anything can be done about that. It
also doesn't seem like too serious a problem -- it's
no worse than what currently happens if you install an
older version over a newer one, i.e. associations revert
to the old version.

Making the launcher a separate install at least offers
a way of fixing that if it happens and isn't desired,
i.e. reinstall the launcher.

-- 
Greg