[Python-Dev] Moving Python 3.5 on Windows to a new compiler (original) (raw)

Donald Stufft donald at stufft.io
Fri Jun 6 21:08:19 CEST 2014


On Jun 6, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Brian Curtin <brian at python.org> wrote:

On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 10:56 PM, <dw+python-dev at hmmz.org> wrote:

On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 10:49:24PM +0400, Brian Curtin wrote:

None of the options are particularly good, but yes, I think that's an option we have to consider. We're supporting 2.7.x for 6 more years on a compiler that is already 6 years old. Surely that is infinitely less desirable than simply bumping the minor version? It's definitely not desirable, but "simply" bumping the minor version is not A Thing.

Why? I mean even if it’s the same thing as 2.7 just with an updated compiler that seems like a better answer than having to deal with 2.7.whatever suddenly breaking all C exts.


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