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#125 Make WinPython compatible with Py launcher.

v2.7.4.2
New
nobody
None
Low
Enhancement
2014-11-20
2014-11-20
Bucko
No

It would be great to (optionally!) register WinPython distribution in such a way, that it is properly picked-up by the py windows launcher.
In py ecosystem, the .py is associated with py.exe and the version of python to run is determined by the command line switches or shebang line in the script. Also, 32 or 64-bit version can be chosen.
At the moment, this is not possible, since WinPython destroys the .py association, and also overwrites the 32/64 info of the same version.

Imagine simple installation of several WinPython versions in parallel and very simple access of all the versions simultaneously through the standard py launcher (which can be installed separately and need not to be in the WinPython distribution). This solves the python 2/3 mixup in a very elegant way. See also PEP 397.

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