On 16 July 2013 22:23, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 16 July 2013 12:42, Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I thought that 64 bit Windows could run 32 bit Windows .exe files >> (although I don't have a way to check this). > > > Yes, but there are 32-bit and 64-bit exe wrappers, which I suspect is > because a 32-bit exe can't load a 64-bit DLL (and may be vice versa). As I > said, I don't know for sure at the moment, but it needs investigating. > > Grumble. Next time the label on the can says "worms" I need to leave the can > opener alone :-)
I, for one, am happy you opened it now rather than in a few months time! If Paul Nasrat takes up the challenge of documenting all the practical issues associated with bundling pip with the CPython binary installers as a PEP, I expect he will need to work closely with you to capture the details on the Windows side of things. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig