On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 10:20 AM, Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> wrote: > On 09Jul2018 0922, Antoine Pitrou wrote: >> >> On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 09:01:00 -0700 >> Steve Dower <steve.do...@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.
And if the 64-bit installer could detect 32-bit systems and explain to users that they got the wrong version and direct them to the correct one, that would help anyone who does get confused by the 64-bit installer becoming more prominent. -n -- Nathaniel J. Smith -- https://vorpus.org _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
