On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:03 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Christopher > Barker<[email protected]> wrote: >> Dag Sverre Seljebotn wrote: >>> I think the benefit for Cython is less than it would appear at first >>> glance, since Cython is next to useless without a C compiler and Python C >>> extension compilation support. >> >> I agree -- getting that set up is a much bigger hurdle -- really, >> Windows installers are critical for packages that have to be compiled, >> so that people without a compiler can use them. >> >>> PythonXY update Cython regularily, so the usecase that seems to remain for >>> an .exe is to update EPD. >> >> Doesn't Enthought build their own anyway? >> >>> A Cython installer bundling MinGW and setting it up properly would be >>> something though! >> >> Now that would be great! I don't know why, but installing MinGW always >> seems to be far more of a pain than it should be. >> >> -Chris > > I don't think bundling MinGW with cython for Windows is a great idea. > shedskin had mingw bundled and it works ok for getting started, but > it's not useful for customization, adding libraries and so on.
I agree - mingw is easy to install, but the mingw webpage is awful, and the download link almost hidden in their main page. The only thing which may be usefully added to the installer is to automatically add mingw to the PATH if asked - I am sure it would be relatively easy to add if someone send them the patch. cheers, David _______________________________________________ Cython-dev mailing list [email protected] http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/cython-dev
