[Python-Dev] IPv6 support in Win binary again

Ivan R. Judson judson at mcs.anl.gov
Thu May 13 00:33:11 EDT 2004


What is this implying about the 2.4 build assumptions?

Vs.net 2008 :)? Platform sdk? Something else?

--Ivan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-dev-bounces+judson=mcs.anl.gov at python.org 
> [mailto:python-dev-bounces+judson=mcs.anl.gov at python.org] On 
> Behalf Of Martin v. Löwis
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 2:44 PM
> To: mat at elandem.org
> Cc: python-dev at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] IPv6 support in Win binary again
> 
> 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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