#28343: Update the Windows instructions in the docs to use py launcher rather
than
Git bash
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Reporter: Ramiro Morales | Owner: Ramiro
Type: | Morales
Cleanup/optimization | Status: assigned
Component: Documentation | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Tim Graham):
* stage: Unreviewed => Accepted
Old description:
> Python installations on WIndows now
> * Ship the PEP397 `py` launcher which reduces the need to either having
> to add `python.exe` directory to PATH or having to always aspecify its
> full path. OIt also cand detect your Python's `python.exe` even when
> its invoked from inside a virtualenv.
> * Have a better ''"Execute manage.py or runtest.py by simply running
> them"'' story when compared to previous Python versions, thanks partially
> to the above mentioned launcher.
>
> This would allow us to reduce special casing of Windows when describing
> command line interactions. In particular IMHO the suggestion to use the
> Git for Windows Bash shell can be dropped from the contributing tutorial
> as it doesn't actually make things easier.
New description:
Python installations on Windows now:
* Ship the PEP397 `py` launcher which reduces the need to either having to
add `python.exe` directory to PATH or having to always specify its full
path. It also can detect your Python's `python.exe` even when it's
invoked from inside a virtualenv.
* Have a better ''"Execute manage.py or runtest.py by simply running
them"'' story when compared to previous Python versions, thanks partially
to the above mentioned launcher.
This would allow us to reduce special casing of Windows when describing
command line interactions. In particular IMHO the suggestion to use the
Git for Windows Bash shell can be dropped from the contributing tutorial
as it doesn't actually make things easier.
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