On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:11 PM, David Cournapeau <courn...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Simon Cross > <hodgestar+python...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:22 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton >> <l...@lkcl.net> wrote: >>> secondly, i want a python25.lib which i can use to cross-compile >>> modules for poor windows users _despite_ sticking to my principles and >>> keeping my integrity as a free software developer. >> >> If this eventually leads to being able to compile Python software for >> Windows under Wine (using for example, py2exe) it would make my life a >> lot easier. > > You can already do that: just install windows python under wine.
i tried that a few months ago - the builder requires the MS installer, which segfaulted on my installation of wine (i installed it using winetricks) which left me flummoxed because other people report successful use of MSI. i also don't want "just" the python.exe, i want the libpython25.a, i want the libpython25.lib, so as to be able to build libraries such as pywekbit-gtk for win32 (cross-compiled using winegcc of course) unpacking the python installer .exe (which was, again, created with a proprietary program) i found that all of the contents were name-mangled and so were useless: i wasn't about to work my way through nearly a hundred files, manually, when i can just as well get python compiling under wine once and then stand a good chance of being able to repeat the exercise in the future, also for python 2.6. so, basically, i really don't want to use visual studio, i really don't want to install a proprietary MSI installer, i really don't want a proprietarily-built python25.exe, and i really don't want a proprietarily-packed installation. i'd just ... much rather be completely independent of proprietary software when it comes to building free software. .... onwards.... :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list