[Python-Dev] mingw support? (original) (raw)

linux at gabriel-striewe.de linux at gabriel-striewe.de
Sat Aug 7 21:55:41 CEST 2010


Dear list,

I was wondering whether there would ever be support for python to be build by the mingw compiler suite. I found a few patches in the internet but there were disagreeing comments on whether they are functional or not.

So I would like to ask the list whether there are any technical reasons that this is so. I did a search on the python site for mingw, but all I found are explanations how to compile python modules, but not python itself.

I know the question is why anybody should want to do so, but I do think that a project which depends on a non-free compiler is not free after all.

Regards,

Gabriel



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