[Python-Dev] Status of C compilers for Python on Windows

[Ray Donnelly]

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:10:23 +0100
> Ray Donnelly <mingw.android at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is the second time you've used the vacuous "culture on Windows"
>> argument, now with an added appeal to (vague) authority.
> [...]
>> Why are you fighting so hard against having option.
>> If CPython wants to truly call itself an Open Source project then I
>> consider being able to compile and cross-compile it with capable Open
>> Source toolchains on all major platforms a requirement.
>
> Now *that* sounds vacuous.
>

Maybe you missed where I said "I consider".

> Regarding open source, there's a clear and official definition of it,
> which Python satisfies:
> http://opensource.org/osd-annotated
>
> Regards
>
> Antoine.
>
>
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