[Numpy-discussion] Compiling for free on Windows32

[David Cournapeau]

Robert Kern wrote:
>
> I have found that people are more willing to accept that they have to
> do something different to get a technically chalenging feature (i.e.
> use a particular installer to get a safe, optimized BLAS) than to
> accept that a relatively straightforward feature is not available at
> all (i.e. egg binaries on PyPI).
>   

In that case, would a simple bdist_wininst-based installer available on
pypi be enough ? Or do eggs have other benefit compared to .exe ?

David