This sounds like something good for packaging.python.org
> On Oct 29, 2014, at 4:05 PM, Paul Moore <p.f.mo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 29 October 2014 15:31, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: >>> You can use Express editions of Visual Studio. >> >> IIUC, the express edition compilers are 32-bit only, and what you actually >> want are the "SDK compilers": >> https://github.com/cython/cython/wiki/64BitCythonExtensionsOnWindows >> >> These are freely downloadable by anyone, no msdn subscription required, but >> only if you know where to find them! >> >> AFAICT the main obstacle to using MSVC to build python extensions (assuming >> it can handle your code at all) is not anything technical, but rather that >> there's no clear and correct tutorial on how to do it, and lots of confusion >> and misinformation circulating. > > Would it help if I wrote a document explaining how to set up the MS > compilers (free and paid for) to allow building of Python extensions? > > There are a few provisos: > > 1. A lot of it will be pretty trivial: "If you have Vistal Studio > (full edition), install it. Done." > 2. It will be out of date very fast as the situation for Python 3.5+ > will be trivial across the board. > 3. I don't have anywhere particularly authoritative to host it (maybe > the Python Wiki?) and it could easily get lost in the huge swamp of > variously outdated, over-complicated, or otherwise alternative > documents available. Ideally I'd like someone to suggest an "official" > location I could use. > > I don't want to do this if it won't be useful, as it'll take me a bit > of effort to confirm the process for the only non-trivial scenario > (64-bit Python 3.3/3.4 with free tools). But if people think it would > help, that's fine, I volunteer. > > Paul > > PS Even if I don't get positive feedback, I may just say "to heck with > it" and do it anyway, because it *is* so trivial :-) I just won't > promise. > _______________________________________________ > 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/donald%40stufft.io _______________________________________________ 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
