Python 2 EOL is in January. I've done a lot of Python 2->3 porting, let me know if I can assist.
-- Gwyn Ciesla she/her/hers ------------------------------------------------ in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, August 7, 2019 6:15 PM, Karlin High <karlinh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/7/2019 2:03 PM, Gwyn Ciesla via bug-lilypond wrote: > > > when will Python 3 be supported? > > After LilyPond's cross-build system gets taught how to build Python3 for > Windows. That will allow including it in LilyPond's Windows installer > binary, instead of needing users to resolve dependencies themselves. > Here are some past discussions on the topic. I gather the current > cross-build for Python did not come easily, and needed source code > patches that the Python project chose not to include upstream. > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2019-01/msg00082.html > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2019-02/msg00099.html > > Pure speculation: I've seen installers for other software have multiple > stages. It's a single file still, but after it starts up and does some > preliminaries it says "Here comes the database backend now" and hands > off to a whole 'nother installer they included for something SQL, then > when that's done it returns to the original install. > > I wonder how that approach compares to LilyPond's current practice for > Python? Could GUB's NSIS Windows-installer-builder portions bundle up > the stock Windows installer for Python? Looks like it would be ~26MB or > so. But for all I know, this idea may have already been considered and > rejected. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Karlin High > Missouri, USA
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