Ilias Lazaridis wrote:
I want to develope large scale applications, and for this I need an
stable official version of the python language, either binary or produced directly out of official sources, completely with an open-source tool-chain.
Where does that requirement come from? If you want to create large scale apps, the price for a msvc++ compiler shouldn't matter. And: Windows is a non-free platform at first. If you have to or want to develop on top of it, be prepared to pay. Its as simple as that. If you want something cheaper - you'll have to put some effort into it. Or use linux.
I will not go into this 'twisting' games.
the requirement "Use of an open-source tool-chain" is nothing special.
Additionally, your point is moot because there is no need for python _core_ developers or the foundation to support every imaginable platform/compiler combination.
MinGW is not "every imaginable platform/compliler".
Instead this can be done by companies - see activestate. So if you want it, step up and do it yourself so your work _becomes_ the official mingw port. Community gratitude would be guaranteed.
I'm not intrested in creating an distribution.
I provide an analysis of the situation, context: newcomer, disapointed from JAVA.
One of my questions is:
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c) Why are the following efforts not _directly_ included in the python source code base?
http://jove.prohosting.com/iwave/ipython/pyMinGW.html
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