[Python-Dev] windows 2.5 build: use OpenSSL for hashlib [bug 1535502] (original) (raw)

Gregory P. Smith greg at electricrain.com
Tue Aug 8 09:59:33 CEST 2006

I have supplied a patch that does everything needed to both make the windows build process build OpenSSL with x86 assembly optimizations on Win32 and to build the _hashlib.pyd module. It works for me.

The only thing the patch doesn't do is add _hashlib.pyd to the .msi windows installer because I want to go to bed and haven't looked into how that works.

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1535502&group_id=5470&atid=105470

I know Anthony suggested "no" earlier (which is why I haven't committed it) but I really think that should be reconsidered. This doesn't change python at all, only fixes a build process.

Ship with optimized code by default! help delay the heat death of the universe from cpu fans. :)

either way, enjoy.

So is it worth my time doing this in a hurry for 2.5 or do other people really just not care if python for windows uses a slow OpenSSL?

Widely deployed popular applications use python for both large scale hashing and ssl communications. If no, can this go in 2.5.1? Its not an API change. -g

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