On 27 May 2015 at 09:10, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > The old distutils docs aren't gone, the top level links just moved to the > distutils package docs: https://docs.python.org/3/library/distutils.html > > I kept them (with the same deep link URLs) because I know there's stuff in > there that isn't currently documented anywhere else. I moved them to a more > obscure location because there's also stuff in there that's thoroughly > outdated, and it's a non-trivial task to figure out which is which and move > the still useful stuff to a more appropriate home :)
Thanks. Your plan worked perfectly, because I never knew they were there :-) https://docs.python.org/3/install/index.html#older-versions-of-python-and-mingw implies that the libpythonXY.a files are only needed in older versions of Python/mingw. I don't know how true that is, although I do know that mingw should be able to link directly to a DLL without needing a lib file. It would be interesting to know if MRAB's build process can use the DLL, rather than requiring a lib file (or for that matter if distutils works without the lib file!) Paul _______________________________________________ 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