Re: [Python-Dev] Windows package for new SSL package?
On 13/09/2007, Bill Janssen <janssen@parc.com> wrote:
I could build some Windows installers if you want, but I'd need to download and install some extra versions of Python, so you'd have to tell me which you want doing (and I can't offer to commit to doing this on a regular basis...)
Thanks, but let's wait till this settles down a bit (say, a week passes without me saying anything about it :-). Then I'll definitely want both VS and mingw versions to upload to the Cheeseshop. But it's not quite ready yet.
OK, ignore my other message then (except as an indication that I can build them when you're ready :-)). You don't need VS and mingw binary installers, though - the mingw ones will work for any Python (ignoring specialised custom builds, and anyone doing one of them is probably capable of building the ssl module!). Paul.
You don't need VS and mingw binary installers, though - the mingw ones will work for any Python (ignoring specialised custom builds, and anyone doing one of them is probably capable of building the ssl module!).
Why I appreciate your points about building the extension with free tools, wouldn't it be prudent to release binaries using the same compiler as Python itself, assuming that option is available? If I read this thread correctly, a mingw build will rely on an openssl DLL being available or installed, which would seem to be less desirable than the way it builds with the openssl Python itself builds with. Mark
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