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