From b38837e40700dd3edf4a6b181a88f153178aefa4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serhiy Storchaka Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 16:30:55 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gh-148488: Clarify the company/tag separator in the py -V docs --- Doc/using/windows.rst | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index 5b715d4614dad8f..9bcf85e25d9f707 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ omitted in cases where the tag refers to an official release and starts with $> py -V:3-arm64 ... Runtimes from other distributors may require the *company* to be included as -well. This should be separated from the tag by a slash, and may be a prefix. +well. +It should be separated from the tag by a slash (either ``/`` or ``\``), +and both the company and the tag may be shortened to any prefix of their full value. Specifying the company is optional when it is ``PythonCore``, and specifying the tag is optional (but not the slash) when you want the latest release from a specific company. From c5efd35d5c049be7a5ab69a8ef1485ce9c1ee837 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Serhiy Storchaka Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 17:23:10 +0300 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Remove mention of "tags shortening". --- Doc/using/windows.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index 9bcf85e25d9f707..4fc236eaf29fca5 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ omitted in cases where the tag refers to an official release and starts with Runtimes from other distributors may require the *company* to be included as well. It should be separated from the tag by a slash (either ``/`` or ``\``), -and both the company and the tag may be shortened to any prefix of their full value. +and may be shortened to any prefix of its full value. Specifying the company is optional when it is ``PythonCore``, and specifying the tag is optional (but not the slash) when you want the latest release from a specific company.