Normalize Windows install instructions for python.org installers and the py
launcher
#1106
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docs/changelog.md
Summary of changes
Steve Dower reports that 95% of all Windows Python installations use the official python.org installers. By default, this installer installs the
py
launcher and puts it (only) in thePATH
.pipx
Windows installations to usepy
launcher instructions by default, which will work by default for a vast majority of users-3
from somepy
invocations to simplify the instructions. Thepy
launcher will already default to using the latest Python 3 release installed by default and Python 2 has been end of life for almost 4 yearsTest plan
pipx
installation instructions in this MRpipx
runs correctly using the default instructions.