Are there plans to include debug binaries (pythond, python311_d.dll) to PythonTest or to some separate tag? I guess it’s the last advantage that classic installer has for me.
I’ve switched to PIM for all system Pythons I need occasionally, but I still use the classic installer for the main Python I use, since it provides debug binaries that I need to build and run some extensions in Debug configuration.
Btw, though --download advertised in the docs mainly as the tool to perform offline installations, I’ve found that it works really well for downloading Python just to build something, without creating any system footprint. I previously used nuget for this purpose, but now nuget seems inferior since it doesn’t have a package that has debug symbols, while PythonTest PIM tag does, though only for Python 3.11+.