Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-27 Thread Jurko Gospodnetić
Hi. On 25.11.2013. 14:42, Jurko Gospodnetić wrote: So far all tests seem to indicate that things work out fine if we install to some dummy target folder, copy the target folder to some version specific location & uninstall. That leaves us with a working Python folder sans the start menu and

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Jurko Gospodnetić
Hi. On 25.11.2013. 17:38, Terry Reedy wrote: So far all tests seem to indicate that things work out fine if we install to some dummy target folder, copy the target folder to some version specific location & uninstall. If the dummy folder had 3.3.0, you should not need to uninstall to inst

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Terry Reedy
On 11/25/2013 8:42 AM, Jurko Gospodnetić wrote: So far all tests seem to indicate that things work out fine if we install to some dummy target folder, copy the target folder to some version specific location & uninstall. If the dummy folder had 3.3.0, you should not need to uninstall to in

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Jurko Gospodnetić
Hi. On 25.11.2013. 15:15, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > Are you sure? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1534210/use-different-python-version-with-virtualenv Yup, I'm pretty sure by now (based on reading the docs, not trying it out though). Virtualenv allows you to set up differen

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 1:15 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > Below is a little terminal session. I often switch between python 3.3 and > python 2.7. My virtualenv for python 3.3 is called "python33". "workon" is a > virtualenv wrapper command. And check out the envlist in tox.ini on > http://to

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
On Mon, 11/25/13, Jurko Gospodnetić wrote: Subject: Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine To: python-list@python.org Date: Monday, November 25, 2013, 2:57 PM   Hi. On 25.11.2013. 14:20, Albert-Jan

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Jurko Gospodnetić
Hi. On 25.11.2013. 14:20, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: Check out the following packages: virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper, tox virtualenv + wrapper make it very easy to switch from one python version to another. Stricly speaking you don't need virtualenvwrapper, but it makes working with virtualenv a

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Jurko Gospodnetić
Hi. On 25.11.2013. 13:46, Ned Batchelder wrote: IIRC, Python itself doesn't read those registry entries, except when installing pre-compiled .msi or .exe kits. Once you have Python installed, you can move the directory someplace else, then install another version of Python. If you need to

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Jurko Gospodnetić wrote: > Yup, we could do that, but at first glance it really smells like an > overkill. Not to mention the potential licensing issues with Windows and an > unlimited number of Windows installations. :-) Ah, heh... didn't think of that. When I

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Jurko Gospodnetić
Hi. On 25.11.2013. 14:04, Chris Angelico wrote: Is it possible to set up virtualization to help you out? Create a virtual machine in something like VirtualBox, then clone it for every Python patch you want to support (you could have one VM that handles all the .0 releases and another that hand

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Albert-Jan Roskam
On Mon, 11/25/13, Jurko Gospodnetić wrote: Subject: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine To: python-list@python.org Date: Monday, November 25, 2013, 1:32 PM   Hi all.   I was wondering what is the best way

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Jurko Gospodnetić wrote: > Most of the advice seems to boil down to 'do not use such versions together, > use only the latest'. > > We would like to run automated tests on one of our projects (packaged as a > Python library) with different Python versions, and s

Re: Parallel Python x.y.A and x.y.B installations on a single Windows machine

2013-11-25 Thread Ned Batchelder
On Monday, November 25, 2013 7:32:30 AM UTC-5, Jurko Gospodnetić wrote: > Hi all. > >I was wondering what is the best way to install multiple Python > installations on a single Windows machine. > >Regular Windows installer works great as long as all your > installations have a separate