Paul wrote: > Given that the installer includes the py.exe launcher, if you leave the defaults, then at a command prompt "python" doesn't work. But that's fine, because "py" does. And if you have multiple versions of Python installed, you don't *want* python on PATH, because then you have to manage your PATH. Why bother when "py -2.7" or "py -3.3" does what you want with no path management? Once you want any *other* executables, though, you have to deal with PATH (especially in the multiple Pythons case). That is a new issue, and one that hasn't been thought through yet, and we don't have a good solution.
>From a user perspective I think that 'py -3.4 -m pip ...' is an improvement as it means I can easily install or upgrade for a particular python installation (I tend to have a few). There's no need to put Scripts on PATH just to run pip. I think this should be the recommended invocation for Windows users. Oscar
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