On Mon, 9 Jul 2018 09:01:00 -0700 Steve Dower <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09Jul2018 0803, Cosimo Lupo wrote: > > If one goes to httWhps://www.python.org/downloads > > <https://www.python.org/downloads> from a Windows browser, the default > > download URL is for the 32-bit installer instead of the 64-bit one. > > I wonder why is this still the case? > > Shouldn't we encourage new Windows users (who may not even know the > > distinction between the two architectures) to use the 64-bit version of > > Python, since most likely they can? > > The difficulty is that they *definitely* can use the 32-bit version, and > those few who are on older machines or older installs of Windows may not > understand why the link we provide didn't work for them. > > From the various telemetry I've seen (and I work at Microsoft, so I > have better access than most :) ), there is still enough 32-bit Windows > out there that I'm not confident enough with "most likely". I haven't > checked any location data (not even sure if we've got it), but I'd guess > that there's higher 32-bit usage among less privileged countries and people. > > I've thought a bit about making a single installer that can offer the > option of 32-bit/64-bit at install time, but I don't actually think it's > that big a problem to deserve that much effort as a solution. > > Perhaps we should add non-button text below the button saying "Get the > 64-bit version"? Or perhaps the 32-bit installer could detect a 64-bit system and add an info box at the beginning? Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com