[Distutils] Providing binary packages for Python versions with different internal unicode representation

[Tres Seaver]

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Andreas Jung wrote:

> Python interpreters can be compiled by different internal unicode
> representations (UCS2 vs. UCS4). Extension modules using unicode methods of 
> Python internally can not be used with a Python interpreter with a different
> internal unicode representation. What's the deal when you want to provide
> binary packages of an extension module for Python interpreters with 
> different unicode representations....is there some support for doing this
> using setuptools?

Nope.  A better strategy is not to provide binaries at all.  Instead,
provide only 'sdist' distributions, and let people build compatible
extensions themselves.  For tool-deficient Windows users, provide a
binary built using the "default" Python interpreter for that release.


Tres.
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