On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:36:33 -0700 Steve Dower <steve.do...@python.org> wrote: > On 18Jun2019 1025, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote: > > Oleg Broytman writes: > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:09:59AM -0000, smartmanoj42...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > > > > Why don't we check the architecture using js and provide the > > > > appropriate version? > > > > > > Because the downloading computer is not necessary the installation > > > target. > > > > Sure, but (a) it's a good bet, and (b) somebody downloading to install > > on a different machine is more likely to know what they're doing and > > be conscious of issues of platform. > > Equally, someone more conscious of the issues will know to go and get > the 64-bit version if they explicitly want it.
The main download button doesn't say anything about being 32-bit. So unless you *know* that you're going to be given the 32-bit version, you'll blindly download and install it. When coming from a non-Windows OS it is weird and unexpected to be given a 32-bit version by default. (this just happened to me, incidentally) Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/UFZWIWAAHN4TPD56VWNHMWTMWXMGBOUQ/
