[Python-Dev] IPv6 support in Win binary again

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Wed May 12 15:43:43 EDT 2004


Mat Ford wrote:
> There was a thread back in October 2003 on the subject of including IPv6
> support in the Windows binary:
> 
> 	http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-October/038623.html
> 
> Can anyone give me a status update on this? Is support there now? 

No.

> If not, is
> there a predictable timeframe in which it can be expected to appear?

With the release of Python 2.4, which, at latest, should happen before
January, 2005.

In case you wonder what the problem is: if you compile with VC6, you
cannot provide IPv6 support unless you also have the platform SDK
installed. That is not part of the build process of Python 2.3, so
the official binaries of Python 2.3 will never ever support IPv6.
Using VC.NET is out of the question, since it would break the ABI
across minor releases, which is out of the question. Installing
the SDK for the build process might be an option, but the code base
has no way of detecting presence of the SDK, so this is essentially
also out of question.

Regards,
Martin




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