Henry Gomersall added the comment:
Thanks Ralf - I'm happy and keen to help so please feel free to poke me if you
need assistance with anything. I'll keep an eye out too - is it actively being
discussed on any list?
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Henry Gomersall added the comment:
@Steve Great, so what needs to be done so that I as a package developer can do
`pip install windows-build-system`, `python setup.py bdist_wheel` and it
actually creates a wheel? (which AFAICT is the same problem).
My interest is precisely as a package
Henry Gomersall added the comment:
@carlkl right, but it's not really a seamless experience. I think my question
is: What needs to still be done in order that a user with a fresh Python
install in Windows (and no compiler installed) can do "pip install
an_extension_that_needs_comp
Henry Gomersall added the comment:
Of course, I mean:
*To be clear, the MinGW situation surely cannot be worse than the current
situation.*
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<http://bugs.python.org/issue4
Henry Gomersall added the comment:
I want to second Ralf's comments about both the need for this and it being easy
to get.
What is required to make this happen (specifically the easy to install build
chain - pip install...)? It would be good to enumerate the outstanding issues.
The cu
