Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS

From	Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject	Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS
Date	2012-10-01 20:46 +0100
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On 01/10/2012 20:36, David Robinow wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Dave Angel <d@davea.name> wrote:
>>> The problem with that is that one has to already being using 3.3 to
>>> use this facility. I was hoping for a solution which was backwards
>>> compatible with Python 2.x.
>>> ...
>>> That does not solve the problem for Python 2.x distributions.
>> If you read the Pep, it says the launcher will work for both 2.x and 3.x
>>      http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0397/
>> <http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0397/>
>>
>> I've read that elsewhere, but I can't see just where you would get the
>> necessary modules to run it with 2.x   Possibly you'd have to build it
>> from sources, as there are Windows binaries that get installed to the
>> C:\Windows directory.
> I'm not sure what you're getting at here. The solution is to install
> Python 3.3, which provides the launcher. It works with Python 2.x. Is
> there some reason not to install 3.3?
>

Fo those who missed it earlier you can download the launcher here 
https://bitbucket.org/vinay.sajip/pylauncher/downloads , you don't need 
Python 3.3.

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.

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Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-09-30 15:14 -0400
  Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 14:38 -0500
    Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-09-30 23:06 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2012-09-30 22:54 -0500
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-30 23:55 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-01 09:28 +0100
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-01 13:32 -0400
        Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-10-05 08:06 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS David Robinow <drobinow@gmail.com> - 2012-10-01 15:36 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-01 20:46 +0100
    Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-10-05 08:16 -0400
  Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2012-10-01 16:02 +0000
    Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-10-05 08:15 -0400
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-05 13:29 +0100
      Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-05 17:32 -0400
        Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Edward Diener <eldiener@tropicsoft.invalid> - 2012-10-05 20:51 -0400
  Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2012-10-06 00:27 -0700
    Re: Coexistence of Python 2.x and 3.x on same OS Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-10-06 21:13 -0600

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