Hello Ilias,
d) Is it really neccessary that I dive into such adventures, to be able to do the most natural thing like: "developing python extensions with MinGW"?
Writing a setup.py and running python setup.py build_ext --compiler=mingw32
works for me *without* any more work. Things can't get much simpler.
looks really simple.
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but:
the central problem still exists:
"** For a Python which was built with Cygwin, all should work without any of these following steps. **"
source:
http://www.python.org/doc/2.2.3/inst/non-ms-compilers.html#SECTION000312000000000000000
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"the problem is that Python binary distributions for MS Windows do not include import libraries for popular gcc based tools: cygwin and mingw32"
source: http://www.zope.org/Members/als/tips/win32_mingw_modules
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the solutions is possibly (copied from another answer):
"The Python Foundation could create an official sub-project to create an automated build target based on the MinGW toolchain. I am sure that many community members would be more than happy to contribute."
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