At 02:30 PM 10/16/2007 +0200, henk-jan ebbers wrote:

But aren't python windows installers supposed to be python-version independent?

Not if they contain extensions, or are built by setuptools.

(but then, I do not understand why a (pure) python egg is version dependent).

1. Because it contains compiled bytecode, which is Python version dependent. 2. Because it may contain different contents or dependencies, based on the Python version.

#2 is also why setuptools builds version-dependent bdist_wininst installers.

(By the way, please stop emailing me off-list; I don't support setuptools except via the distutils-sig mailing list.)