[New-bugs-announce] [issue43156] Python windows installer has a confusing name - add setup to its name

[Barry Alan Scott]

New submission from Barry Alan Scott <barry-scott at users.sourceforge.net>:

New users of Python on Windows frequently confuse the Python installation program with Python itself.

They also can end up with the wrong 32 or 64 bit version.

I suggest that the installation program name is changed to include "setup" in its name. This seems to be the usually convention many Windows installation programs use.

Further users may know they are need windows 64 bit or windows 32 bit compatible software. The python installer naming is not obvious.

The windows 32 installer has no additional text to show it is targeted at windows 32.

The windows 64 uses amd64 - does not mean not for Intel CPU's for example?

Examples with both suggestions:

python-3.10.0a5.exe becomes python-setup-win32-3.10.0a5.exe
python-3.10.0a5-amd64.exe becomes python-setup-win64-3.10.0a5.exe

Barry

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title: Python windows installer has a confusing name - add setup to its name

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