[Python-ideas] Make py.exe default to Python 3

[Ian Kelly]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> On 03/08/2016 01:11 PM, Alexander Walters wrote:
>
>> -1 py.exe should use whatever was first installed by default.  If that's
>> 2.7, then it's 2.7.  if its python 9.9, then its python 9.9. but it
>> should use whatever was FIRST installed unless the user changes it.
>
>
> Which is still asking for a change from what happens now; i.e. if 3.3 is
> installed first, then 2.7, py.exe will default to 2.7.
>
> I agree whichever is first installed should be default; I also think
> installer should have an option to change the py.exe default to the version
> being installed.

It would also be nice to have a way to change the default without
needing to rerun an installer.