[GR-55696] pyenv-win now supports installing GraalPy

Author: timfel

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ language runtime. The main focus is on user-observable behavior of the engine.
 * The option `python.EmulateJython` to enable Jython emulation is now marked as stable, and can thus be relied upon in production.
 * Fixed parsing of pyvenv.cfg according to PEP 405, which is required to use [uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv?tab=readme-ov-file#uv) generated venvs with GraalPy.
 * Use https://www.graalvm.org/python/wheels/ as the default value for the `--extra-index-url` pip option. This will make it easy for users to install GraalPy binary wheels in the future.
-* You can now create GraalPy venvs and install pure Python packages into GraalPy venvs with [uv](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv), the fast Python package installer. Note that some packages have compatibility issues when installed this way, and still need to be installed with plain `pip`.
+* GraalPy can now be installed on Windows with [pyenv-win](https://github.com/pyenv-win/pyenv-win). This makes it as easy to get the latest GraalPy release on Windows as it already is on macOS and Linux using [pyenv](https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv).
 
 ## Version 24.0.0
 * We now provide a collection of recipes in the form of GitHub Actions to build popular native extensions on GraalPy. These provide a reproducible way for the community to build native extensions for GraalPy with the correct dependencies. See scripts/wheelbuilder/README.md for details.

README.md

@@ -122,10 +122,19 @@ Thanks to our integration with GraalVM Native Image, we can deploy Python applic
 * Windows
 
   The Windows support of GraalPy is still experimental, so not all features and packages may be available.
+  The easiest way to install GraalPy on Windows is to use [Pyenv-win](https://pyenv-win.github.io/pyenv-win/) (the Python version manager for Windows).
+  To install version 24.0.0 using Pyenv-win, run the following commands:
+  ```cmd
+  pyenv install graalpy-24.0.0-windows-amd64
+  ```
+  ```cmd
+  pyenv shell graalpy-24.0.0-windows-amd64
+  ```
+  Alternatively, you can download a compressed GraalPy installation file from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/oracle/graalpython/releases).
 
-  1. Find and download a compressed GraalPy installation file from [GitHub releases](https://github.com/oracle/graalpython/releases) that matches the pattern _graalpy-XX.Y.Z-windows-amd64.tar.gz_.
+  1. Find the download that matches the pattern _graalpy-XX.Y.Z-windows-amd64.tar.gz_ and download.
   2. Uncompress the file and update your `PATH` variable to include to the _graalpy-XX.Y.Z-windows-amd64/bin_ directory.
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