[Python-checkins] peps: Define how stand-alone releases can update bundled releases.

Mon Jun 18 17:17:09 CEST 2012

http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/e44585ca023f
changeset: 4465:e44585ca023f
user: Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de>
date: Mon Jun 18 17:17:05 2012 +0200
summary:
 Define how stand-alone releases can update bundled releases.
files:
 pep-0397.txt | 4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pep-0397.txt b/pep-0397.txt
--- a/pep-0397.txt
+++ b/pep-0397.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@
 It contains a version resource matching the version number of the
 pythonXY.dll with which it is distributed. Independent
 installations will always only overwrite newer versions of the
- launcher with older versions. 
+ launcher with older versions. Stand-alone releases use
+ a release level of 0x10 in FIELD3 of the CPython release on which
+ they are based.
 
 The 32-bit distribution of Python will not install a 32-bit
 version of the launcher on a 64-bit system.
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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/peps
