[Python-ideas] Make py.exe default to Python 3

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Wed Mar 16 15:57:50 EDT 2016


On 03/16/2016 12:54 PM, Paul Moore wrote:
> On 16 March 2016 at 18:06, Ethan Furman wrote:

>> Download the latest 2.7 and the latest 3.x (installed in that order), and
>> install py.exe.
>
> Agreed it would be awesome. I see no reason to bother with 2.x,
> though. If the user knows enough to know they want 2.x they can
> download and install it. Otherwise just give people the latest and
> greatest Python.

The point is they may not know they need/want 2.x, but need it anyway. 
2.7 is not dead yet.

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~Ethan~


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