[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/PCbuild winsound.dsp,NONE,1.1 _socket.dsp,1.1,1.2 _sre.dsp,1.2,1.3 _tkinter.dsp,1.13,1.14 bsddb.dsp,1.9,1.10 mmap.dsp,1.2,1.3 parser.dsp,1.8,1.9 pyexpat.dsp,1.2,1.3 python.dsp,1.10,1.11 python16.dsp,1.2,1.3 pythonw.dsp,1.8,1.9 select.dsp,1.1,1.2 unicodedata.dsp,1.1,1.2 zlib.dsp,1.10,1.11

[Guido van Rossum]

> And here is what one of the link lines looks like:
> 
> # ADD LINK32 ApacheCore.lib aprlib.lib kernel32.lib /nologo
> /base:@BaseAddr.ref,mod_usertrack /subsystem:windows /dll /map /debug
> /machine:I386 /libpath:"..\..\CoreD" /libpath:"..\..\lib\apr\Debug"
> 
> This mechanism could be quite helpful for Python. The .ref file replaces
> the dllbase_nt.txt file, centralizes the management, and directly
> integrates with the tools.

I agree.  Just send me patches -- I'm *really* overwhelmed with patch
management at the moment, I don't feel like coming up with new code
right now... :-(

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)