[python-win32] More info about Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)

2018-03-29 Thread Thomas Pietrowski
Hey, I have general questions about MFC and hope you can answer them. When compiling PyWin32 for Py2.7 and Py3.x I get successful builds, but setup.py can't find the MFC libraries, which are specified here: https://github.com/thopiekar/pywin32/blob/master/setup.py#L1059 for Python 2.7, Python 3.3

Re: [python-win32] More info about Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)

2018-03-29 Thread Tim Roberts
Thomas Pietrowski wrote: > > I have general questions about MFC and hope you can answer them. > When compiling PyWin32 for Py2.7 and Py3.x I get successful builds, > but setup.py can't find the MFC libraries, > which are specified here: > https://github.com/thopiekar/pywin32/blob/master/setup.py#L1

Re: [python-win32] More info about Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)

2018-03-29 Thread Thomas Pietrowski
Ok, so basically the same I know from Linux. But how likely is it that Python 2.7.14 (which is currently the latest version) is linked against old libraries? Isn't the Python Foundation updating their build system regularly, too? At the moment I'm quite convinced that the choice of an MFC version

Re: [python-win32] More info about Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)

2018-03-29 Thread Tim Roberts
Thomas Pietrowski wrote: > Ok, so basically the same I know from Linux. > But how likely is it that Python 2.7.14 (which is currently the latest > version) is linked against old libraries? > Isn't the Python Foundation updating their build system regularly, too? No.  In the past, the policy has be