[python-win32] Questions regarding pypiwin32 and python 2.7

[Daniel Spisak]

Mark,

     If its possible, could the wheels be published? I have an installer I
need to update which I have to give wheels to in case of an offline install
scenario. Thanks for the explanation of everything, there wasn't exactly a
dearth of information I could find on what was what.

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 3:44 PM, Mark Hammond <skippy.hammond at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 3/05/2018 6:39 am, Daniel Spisak wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I am trying to do some updates of some systems that utilize pypiwin32 and
>> python 2.7 and I have some confusion about how to go about this. First, a
>> few things:
>>
>> What is the difference between pypiwin32 and pywin32? Is it just
>> packaging in wheel format?
>>
>
> pypiwin32 is a "fork" of pywin32 which existed purely to have support for
> pypi. @xoviat helped roll the necessary changes into pywin32 itself, so
> pypiwin32 is effectively deprecated.
>
> Why does https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.
>> com_Googulator_pypiwin32_releases&d=DwICaQ&c=3_5eq9zYXWRS8yw
>> qccmjfTRKM8mRLoQp6HBg1Tdb_Pc&r=_QuE6ARaq2J9IS-4FqXeU4nXe6zu
>> nMP1RyjCZUIUDMM&m=B7er2K1hsinpLm8CBJNpm1Xeej84iMQzscPOn_
>> PQRyE&s=InoyjNLOcKp1wBkpkVxBhdDqTYsq0CAsvyGHnEix8YY&e= show 220 as
>> latest, but https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__pypi.or
>> g_project_pypiwin32_-23files&d=DwICaQ&c=3_5eq9zYXWRS8ywqccm
>> jfTRKM8mRLoQp6HBg1Tdb_Pc&r=_QuE6ARaq2J9IS-4FqXeU4nXe6zunMP
>> 1RyjCZUIUDMM&m=B7er2K1hsinpLm8CBJNpm1Xeej84iMQzscPOn_PQRyE&
>> s=g4p0prP88emnLggwFbwLTAssto8zW8gBpuKWnbmPiq4&e= shows 223?
>>
>
> As part of helping the migration, pywin32 builds with wheel support were
> also added to pypiwin32, but that's unlikely to continue happening.
>
> Is that not the official repo for pypiwin32?
>>
>
> It is, but pypiwin32 isn't really official. You should move to using
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__pypi.py
> thon.org_pypi_pywin32&d=DwICaQ&c=3_5eq9zYXWRS8ywqccmjfTRKM8m
> RLoQp6HBg1Tdb_Pc&r=_QuE6ARaq2J9IS-4FqXeU4nXe6zunMP
> 1RyjCZUIUDMM&m=B7er2K1hsinpLm8CBJNpm1Xeej84iMQzscPOn_PQRyE&
> s=DgmRxIR3dxlfzsIyhdr5YWHhmPBEMDszDggweBo6MDY&e= which is built from
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.
> com_mhammond_pywin32&d=DwICaQ&c=3_5eq9zYXWRS8ywqccmjfTRKM8mR
> LoQp6HBg1Tdb_Pc&r=_QuE6ARaq2J9IS-4FqXeU4nXe6zunMP
> 1RyjCZUIUDMM&m=B7er2K1hsinpLm8CBJNpm1Xeej84iMQzscPOn_PQRyE&
> s=IX-sctiKG9DEKsarGfWrPOohKSvwrRIz7KkLzUrXBRA&e= - although note that the
> wheels aren't directly on github - the pywin32 release process builds both
> executable installers and wheels with the former uploaded only to github
> and the latter uploaded only to pypi. If there was a good reason to put the
> wheels directly on github, I'd be happy to also do that for future releases.
>
> HTH,
>
> Mark
>



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