Cryptic error if python is out of date

[wd60622]

I've tried to install poetry on Windows with python=3.6.X using the curl command.

Doesn't work of course since it is not supported. However, it errors out from a TypeError

Full Error Message

Installing Poetry (1.3.1): Creating environment Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 306, in make ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ensurepip'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 940, in
File "", line 919, in main
File "", line 550, in run
File "", line 571, in install
File "C:\Users\William\Anaconda3\lib\contextlib.py", line 81, in enter
return next(self.gen)
File "", line 643, in make_env
File "", line 629, in make_env
File "", line 334, in make
File "", line 354, in run
File "C:\Users\William\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 403, in run
with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
File "C:\Users\William\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 709, in init
restore_signals, start_new_session)
File "C:\Users\William\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 971, in _execute_child
args = list2cmdline(args)
File "C:\Users\William\Anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 461, in list2cmdline
needquote = (" " in arg) or ("\t" in arg) or not arg
TypeError: argument of type 'WindowsPath' is not iterable

Would it makes sense to catch it earlier and throw some type of warning in order to be clearer to the user?

[neersighted]

This is only tangentially related, as you are missing ensurepip in your Python install. Users with a functioning Python 3.6 will get a slightly less baffling failure to find a compatible distribution for the selected Poetry version. The fallback code takes a path that is not Python 3.6-related. In any case, ideally we could use Requires-Python from the PyPI API to report if we've been asked to install an incompatible version instead of failing with a missing distribution.

[wd60622]

Sounds good. Thank you for the response! If there is no action, then feel free to close