[Python-Dev] Killing off bdist_dumb (original) (raw)

Thomas Heller theller@python.net
14 Nov 2002 21:25:41 +0100

Jp Calderone <exarkun@meson.dyndns.org> writes: [building windows installers on linux]

I do it for the two I'm maintaining/developing on my own -- 'pynfo' and 'originalgamer' on sourceforge.net (the former of which I just did the initial release for a couple days ago).

Twisted (http://www.twistedmatrix.com), which doesn't currently build bdistwininst packages on Linux, would definitely like to once there's a viable cross-compilation solution for the handful of .c files it includes. The current process for building the windows installer involves vmware, and is generally a pain.

What do I know about linux, but wouldn't wine work?

I'm assuming native compiled modules wouldn't pose any additional problems for bdistwininst, since they can just be wrapped up like any other file, and plopped down onto the target system, and anyway, building bdistwininst on windows must already take care of it, right?

Once you have created these files, there should be no problem.

Thanks for the info,

Thomas