Re: how to build windows extensions for python 3.5

2015-09-15 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 15/09/2015 17:03, Robin Becker wrote: On 15/09/2015 16:54, Zachary Ware wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Robin Becker wrote: I'm a bit surprised that you can successfully use the same .libs for 2.7 and 3.3/3.4. But since that seems to work, I'd say go ahead and try it wit

Re: how to build windows extensions for python 3.5

2015-09-15 Thread Robin Becker
On 15/09/2015 16:54, Zachary Ware wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Robin Becker wrote: I'm a bit surprised that you can successfully use the same .libs for 2.7 and 3.3/3.4. But since that seems to work, I'd say go ahead and try it with 3.5, and if the build succeeds test the

Re: how to build windows extensions for python 3.5

2015-09-15 Thread Zachary Ware
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Robin Becker wrote: > However, I try to link bits of various libraries statically into the > reportlab extensions eg freetype.lib. Does anyone know if I will need > separate versions of those for VS2015? Currently I build with distutils for > Python 27, 33 & 34. Cu

Re: how to build windows extensions for python 3.5

2015-09-15 Thread Robin Becker
On 15/09/2015 12:38, Robin Becker wrote: On 14/09/2015 17:26, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 14/09/2015 16:52, Robin Becker wrote: ... http://stevedower.id.au/blog/building-for-python-3-5-part-two/ The most important thing is to have something to do while the Visual Studio installation takes up

Re: how to build windows extensions for python 3.5

2015-09-15 Thread Robin Becker
On 14/09/2015 17:26, Mark Lawrence wrote: On 14/09/2015 16:52, Robin Becker wrote: ... http://stevedower.id.au/blog/building-for-python-3-5-part-two/ The most important thing is to have something to do while the Visual Studio installation takes up 8G of your disk space and several hours o

Re: how to build windows extensions for python 3.5

2015-09-14 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 14/09/2015 16:52, Robin Becker wrote: I understand there have been changes to the way that extensions are supposed to be built for windows. Is there any user documentation regarding these changes? Last time I looked the appropriate Visual Studio hadn't been release so I guess I will need to us

Re: how to build windows extensions for python 3.5

2015-09-14 Thread Zachary Ware
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Robin Becker wrote: > I understand there have been changes to the way that extensions are supposed > to be built for windows. Is there any user documentation regarding these > changes? Last time I looked the appropriate Visual Studio hadn't been > release so I gue

how to build windows extensions for python 3.5

2015-09-14 Thread Robin Becker
I understand there have been changes to the way that extensions are supposed to be built for windows. Is there any user documentation regarding these changes? Last time I looked the appropriate Visual Studio hadn't been release so I guess I will need to use my MSDN skills (or incantations) to fi