On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:42:54 -0500, Jeff Epler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >--7iMSBzlTiPOCCT2k >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: inline > >I'm sorry that this is going to come out sounding like a flame, but it >seems to me that there today only a few technical problems remaining >with Python when built with mingw32. > >If one of the people who has expressed such deep concern about this >"msvcr71.dll" problem would simply install the Free tools and start >putting patches on sourceforge, it's quite possible that for the next >2.4.x release the mingw32 "port" could be a first-rate one, and suitable >for the uses that the posters in this thread have mentioned. > >Since mingw32 is Free (gpl and other licenses for tools, public domain >libraries and copyrighted headers with "no restrictions for programs" >built using the headers) anyone can install and use these tools and >mingw creates no new problems with distribution of the resulting binary, >whether the final product is Free or proprietary. > >(Admittedly I don't know anything about whether "win32all" builds under >mingw32, and it's not clear whether binary compatibility with extensions >built by microsoft compilers is an easy goal either) > >http://www.mingw.org/ > +1 But credit where due. Someone has stepped up to a large chunk of the problem: http://jove.prohosting.com/iwave/ipython/pyMinGW.html I am running a usable-for-most-purposes version of 2.4, that with the help of an older version of the above (I should upgrade all those tools, but ;-) I succeeded in building. It was the only way I could go from 2.3 to 2.4, since the MS .msi installer stuff from MS does not itself install successfully on my NT4 ;-/ I am thinking that I'd like to make a script that would ease pulling all the pieces from the net (urllib, and md5 checks to download stuff, a state log that would permit easy resuming when something glitches, and automated dialogs for typical installer info re locations preferences etc. But I got to thinking about sourceforge's downloading interface choosing mirrors, and thought "later" ;-) Well, when I get my next system ;-) But it may be moot, 'cause it will probably be Linux or BSD (both of which I have on another old box which is too slow for X ;-) Trouble is, I have banged on the pinching spots in my old NT shoes long enough to where they are relatively comfy for my regular ambulations ;-) Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
