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gh-154388: Document Python install variants
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specified, and the special tag ``default`` may be used to select the default.
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Ranges are not supported for installation.
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CPython publishes multiple runtime variants. ``PythonCore`` contains the
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standard CPython runtime. ``PythonTest`` additionally contains the test suite
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and debugging symbols. ``PythonEmbed`` contains the embeddable distribution for
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bundling Python into another application. These are variants published by
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CPython rather than features of the Python install manager itself.
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The ``--source=<URL>`` option allows overriding the online index that is used to
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obtain runtimes. This may be used with an offline index, as shown in
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:ref:`pymanager-offline`.

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