pymssql uses Cython and the FreeTDS C library to support connections to
Microsoft SQL Server. We would like to distribute binary packages to
ease installation for users. Our current build matrix looks like this:
https://github.com/pymssql/pymssql/wiki/Build-Matrix
However, we are trying to cut that down some since, by the time we
support 5 versions of python (2.6,2.7,3.2,3.3,3.4), we are having to
release 30 and now, since we are considering .msi files, maybe 40 files
per release.
I'm trying to figure out if there are any downsides to:
* replacing our .exe with .msi (lxml uses .exe, but we noticed Python
itself is shipping .msi files now)
* only shipping wheels and no longer shipping eggs
I would also appreciate any other thoughts regarding what kind of binary
formats a "responsible" package owner would ship.
Thanks.
*Randy Syring*
Chief Executive Developer
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Office: 812.285.8766
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