On 21 November 2013 21:02, Greg Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > Is that much different from package authors having to > release binaries for different versions of Python, > if they want to support older versions? > > Having multiple binaries for the same x.y version > is different from what's been done before, but it > seems to me an unavoidable consequence of supporting > one x.y version for longer than usual.
None of the currently available binary distribution formats distinguish Windows binaries by anything other than minor version. For wheels (and I think eggs), this is a showstopper as the name is essential metadata (compatibility tags) for the other formats (wininst and msi) the name is merely informational - packagers could rename, but (a) they will forget, and (b) the users won't know if they have or not. Before we can cleanly support multiple ABIs for a single minor version on Windows, we need to have a resolution of this dilemma (which may be nothing more than "only binaries for the python.org builds are allowed on PyPI"...) Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
