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Title: What does "Python for Windows will still be Python for DOS" mean?
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: Installation, Windows Versions: Python 3.11, Python 3.10, Python 3.9, Python 3.8, Python 3.7, Python 3.6
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Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
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Assigned To: Nosy List: eric.smith, paul.moore, prasechen, steve.dower, tim.golden, tim.peters, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2021-08-05 04:26 by prasechen, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (3)
msg398965 - (view) Author: Eric V. Smith (eric.smith) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-08-05 04:48
Since this is not a bug in Python, this is not the appropriate place to ask. I suggest you try the python-list mailing list https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

And I don't know what it means. I've never heard of that saying before.
msg398966 - (view) Author: Tim Peters (tim.peters) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-08-05 05:42
The CPython Windows installer has a "thank you" box at the end:

"""
Special Windows thanks to Mark Hammond, without whose years of freely shared Windows expertise, Python for Windows would still be Python for DOS.
"""

There was no support for Windows in Python's earliest releases, and Mark Hammond did heroic work adding Windows support.
msg399031 - (view) Author: Steve Dower (steve.dower) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-08-05 19:08
Yep, it's just a thank you and acknowledgement that was in the installer, so I brought it forward.

However, we removed it a couple of versions ago (with Mark's permission). So it's certainly not an issue that needs to be addressed now ;)
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:48adminsetgithub: 88998
2021-08-05 19:08:02steve.dowersetmessages: + msg399031
2021-08-05 05:42:31tim.peterssetnosy: + tim.peters
messages: + msg398966
2021-08-05 04:48:17eric.smithsetstatus: open -> closed

type: performance ->

nosy: + eric.smith
messages: + msg398965
resolution: not a bug
stage: resolved
2021-08-05 04:26:53prasechencreate