Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment: I forgot to answer this:
> Why is -mno-cygwin still be used, Simply because distutils had no dedicated maintainer for a long time, and because nobody was aware of this change. I don’t think any Python core developer is using Cygwin. > and is there any reason why it can't be removed? For distutils, we have to work on eggshells when fixing bugs to make sure we don’t break third-party code that relies on known bugs or works around them. That’s why I propose adding a version check* instead of just removing the option. * i.e. removing -mno-cygwin if self.gcc_version >= some version ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue12641> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
