Re: [python-win32] python-win32 Digest, Vol 205, Issue 5

On May 24, 2020, at 9:21 AM, Markus Kramer wrote: > > The points are: > - Reduce vulnerability. The MFC library is large and (earlier? versions) > contained CVE's. Whatever vulnerabilities there might be aren’t a factor if you aren’t using them. > - Reduce maintenance cost. By shipping less

[python-win32] Separate smaller wheels?

Greetings, maybe the current, single pywin32 wheel could be separated into smaller ones, e.g.: com, comext, isapi, win32, Pythonwin,... (or others) The “contains all” wheel should remain. I believe pypiwin32 (the predecessor to pywin32?) offered smaller wheels. The current setup.py is a large text

Re: [python-win32] python-win32 Digest, Vol 205, Issue 5

Hello Tim, thank you for asking > What is the point? Installing a package does not mean you are required to use all of it. The points are: - Reduce vulnerability. The MFC library is large and (earlier? versions) contained CVE's. - Reduce maintenance cost. By shipping less, you need to observe

Re: [python-win32] How to install pywin32 for Text only/TTY, excluding all GUI components

Greetings, I opened pull request 1530 with a proposal Best Regards, Markus On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 1:27 PM Markus Kramer wrote: > Hello, > I would like to discuss and contribute to an alternative pip package > without GUI: > - pip install pywin