On 23.06.2014 18:09, Donald Stufft wrote: > > On Jun 23, 2014, at 2:09 AM, Martin v. Löwis <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: > >>> >>> * Should we make use of the potential breakage with 2.7.10 >>> to introduce a new Windows compiler version for Python 2.7 ? >> >> Assuming it is a good idea to continue producing Windows binaries >> for 2.7, I think it would be a bad idea to switch compilers. It will >> cause severe breakage of 2.7 installations, much more problematic >> than switching to two-digit version numbers. > > I agree with this, we’ve just finally started getting things to the point > where > it makes a lot of sense for binary distributions for Windows. Breaking all > of them on 2.7 would be very bad.
Not sure what you mean. We've had binary wininst distributions for Windows for more than a decade, and egg and msi distributions for 8 years :-) But without access to the VS 2008 compiler that is needed to compile those extensions, it will become increasingly difficult for package authors to provide such binary packages, so we have to ask ourselves: What's worse: breaking old Windows binaries for Python 2.7 or not having updated and new Windows binaries for Python 2.7 at all in a few years ? Switching to a newer compiler will make things easier for everyone and we'd see more binary packages for Windows again. Given that Python 2.7 support was extended for another 5 years at the recent Python Language Summit to 2020, we have to face this breakage sooner or later anyway. Extended support for VS 2008 will end in 2018 (but then: Python developers usually don't have extended support contracts with MS). Service pack support has already ended in 2009. Depending on how you see it, using such an old compiler also poses security risks. The last security update for VS 2008 dates back to 2011 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2538243). -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Jun 23 2014) >>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2014-06-17: Released eGenix PyRun 2.0.0 ... http://egenix.com/go58 2014-07-02: Python Meeting Duesseldorf ... 9 days to go 2014-07-21: EuroPython 2014, Berlin, Germany ... 28 days to go eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ 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
