I made an initial attempt at packaging Python 2.3 for Itanium, using Microsoft Installer. The result is available at http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/home/loewis/python23.msi I have tested this installer on W2k3-IA64; it will not do anything useful on x86 hardware. There are a number of known problems: - A few tests fail. Most of these are apparently errors in the test suite and no need to worry. - Neither _tkinter nor _bsddb appear to work. Any insight on the cause of the problems, and possible solutions are appreciated. - De-installation will leave behind the .pyc files. Please let me know what you think. Martin v. Löwis