On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Steve Dower <steve.do...@microsoft.com> wrote: > Greg Ewing wrote: >> Nick Coghlan wrote: >>> That assumption will allow MinGW-w64 to link with the appropriate >>> MSVCRT versions for extention building without anything breaking. >> >> If that works, then the same technique should allow CPython itself to be >> built >> in a VS-compatible way with mingw, shouldn't it? >> >> Those objecting to a mingw-built python seem to be assuming that such a thing >> will necessarily be incompatible with VS builds, but I don't see why that >> has to >> be the case. > > That's true, and a good point that I missed. However, the main (practical) > desire for building CPython with something other than VS seems to be to avoid > having to be compatible with VS.
I've no idea where you get that impression from, no one has expressed anything even approximating that. For me it's to avoid using closed source software for my hobbyist programming and to help to create a vibrant Open Source distribution for Windows, because I quite like Windows; it's got a lot going for it. For others it's to ensure that everything they care about (CPython with Fortran for example) works together properly and reliably. I expect that avoiding compatibility couldn't be further from any of our wishes. > > It's entirely possible that having two alternative builds of CPython would > force everyone to be more compatible, but I think it's more likely to simply > end up being two different worlds. Maybe I'm being unnecessarily cynical :) > > Cheers, > Steve > >> -- >> Greg > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/mingw.android%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com