[Python-Dev] why is not 64-bit installer the default download link for Windows? (original) (raw)

Steve Dower steve.dower at python.org
Mon Jul 9 13:20:53 EDT 2018

On 09Jul2018 0922, Antoine Pitrou wrote:

On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 09:01:00 -0700 Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org> wrote:

I've thought a bit about making a single installer that can offer the option of 32-bit/64-bit at install time, but I don't actually think it's that big a problem to deserve that much effort as a solution.

Perhaps we should add non-button text below the button saying "Get the 64-bit version"? Or perhaps the 32-bit installer could detect a 64-bit system and add an info box at the beginning?

That's not a bad idea. Needs a bpo issue, but shouldn't be too hard to do. And it should be safe to backport for 3.7.1, as there's no real behaviour change.

Cheers, Steve

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