[Python-Dev] Re: Stability and change (original) (raw)

Thomas Heller thomas.heller@ion-tof.com
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:38:25 +0200

From: "Aahz" <aahz@pythoncraft.com>

On Wed, Apr 10, 2002, Tim Peters wrote: > [Aahz] >> Ah. Okay, is shipping a zip of the build tree (plus a couple of MSVCRT >> libraries) sufficient to run Python? > > Sufficient for whom? Not for the typical Windows user. It's sufficient for > a typical developer, but if they want a build tree they can build Python > themself from CVS.

Not me; I don't have a Windows C compiler, and it's extremely unlikely that I would until I get a Win2K box. I think that's representative of a large minority in the Python community. When I said "build tree", I

Which minority ;-) Python users on windows? Windows users without compiler?

meant after compile/link; before that, it's just a source tree. ;-)

Most windows users won't care if it's a compiled source tree or a windows installer - they only can test their apps if they have there most beloved extensions installed for this new version. win32all and wxPython seem to be most prominent. Until Mark and/or Robin make installers for those extensions available, noone of this 'large minority' will be able to test hist stuff.

So, only windows users with a C compiler will test the release - to see if their own extensions do work, and they can also do it compiling the release themselves.

Thomas