[issue23018] Add version info to python[w].exe

Steve Dower added the comment: Sure :) If you view Properties in Windows for Python 3.4's python[w].exe and look at the Details tab, it's very blank (for me it shows 'Application', the size and the modification date). However, if you look at python34.dll or py.exe it has a description, versio

[issue23018] Add version info to python[w].exe

Tim Golden added the comment: Steve, could you outline the need / impact for this, please? (ie can you inform my ignorance?). -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue23018] Add version info to python[w].exe

Steve Dower added the comment: Anyone have any opinions on this? My only hesitation is adding the Windows 10 UUID, which will fix GetVersion but may cause other API problems, and we're certainly not testing against Windows 10 yet. (On the other hand, it's easy enough to remove that single UUID

[issue23018] Add version info to python[w].exe

Steve Dower added the comment: Add for Windows 10 (source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chuckw/archive/2013/09/10/manifest-madness.aspx) -- ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue23018] Add version info to python[w].exe

Steve Dower added the comment: Patch for the version info, and also for half of #19143 since I was there. -- components: +Windows keywords: +patch nosy: +tim.golden, zach.ware Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file37393/23018.patch ___ Python tracker

[issue23018] Add version info to python[w].exe

New submission from Steve Dower: We should include the version resource in python[w].exe as well as python35.dll so that it can be properly identified. (If possible, we should do .pyd files too, though I don't think the version info will be displayed, so it's probably not worth it.) -