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authorSteve Dower <steve.dower@python.org>2019-08-19 17:07:25 (GMT)
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Remove 'unstable' warning for Windows Store package in docs (GH-15334)
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@@ -293,12 +293,6 @@ The Microsoft Store package
.. versionadded:: 3.7.2
-.. note::
- The Microsoft Store package is currently considered unstable while its
- interactions with other tools and other copies of Python are evaluated.
- While Python itself is stable, this installation method may change its
- behavior and capabilities during Python 3.7 releases.
-
The Microsoft Store package is an easily installable Python interpreter that
is intended mainly for interactive use, for example, by students.
@@ -318,7 +312,10 @@ session by typing ``python``. Further, pip and IDLE may be used by typing
All three commands are also available with version number suffixes, for
example, as ``python3.exe`` and ``python3.x.exe`` as well as
``python.exe`` (where ``3.x`` is the specific version you want to launch,
-such as |version|).
+such as |version|). Open "Manage App Execution Aliases" through Start to
+select which version of Python is associated with each command. It is
+recommended to make sure that ``pip`` and ``idle`` are consistent with
+whichever version of ``python`` is selected.
Virtual environments can be created with ``python -m venv`` and activated
and used as normal.