Re: [Python-Dev] Consistent platform name for 64bit windows (was: distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows)

2008-03-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 2008-03-18 18:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm reviving a very old thread based on discussions with Martin at pycon. Sent: Monday, 23 July 2007 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [Distutils] distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows Rather than forcing everyone to read the context, allow me to

Re: [Python-Dev] Consistent platform name for 64bit windows (was: distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows)

2008-03-20 Thread Thomas Heller
M.-A. Lemburg schrieb: About the platform.py changes: if someone could provide the return values of sys.getwindowsversion() for 64bit versions of Windows XP and Vista, I could add support for it (don't have a 64bit version of Windows available to check myself). This is the output of a 32-bit

Re: [Python-Dev] Consistent platform name for 64bit windows (was: distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows)

2008-03-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 2008-03-20 13:42, Thomas Heller wrote: M.-A. Lemburg schrieb: About the platform.py changes: if someone could provide the return values of sys.getwindowsversion() for 64bit versions of Windows XP and Vista, I could add support for it (don't have a 64bit version of Windows available to

Re: [Python-Dev] Consistent platform name for 64bit windows (was: distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows)

2008-03-20 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 2008-03-20 13:55, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: On 2008-03-20 13:42, Thomas Heller wrote: M.-A. Lemburg schrieb: About the platform.py changes: if someone could provide the return values of sys.getwindowsversion() for 64bit versions of Windows XP and Vista, I could add support for it (don't have a

[Python-Dev] Consistent platform name for 64bit windows (was: distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows)

2008-03-18 Thread mhammond
I'm reviving a very old thread based on discussions with Martin at pycon. Sent: Monday, 23 July 2007 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [Distutils] distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows Rather than forcing everyone to read the context, allow me to summarize: On 64bit Windows versions, we need a string

Re: [Python-Dev] Consistent platform name for 64bit windows (was: distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows)

2008-03-18 Thread Christian Heimes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: So, at the risk of painting a bike-shed, I'd like to propose that we adopt 'AMD64' in distutils (needs a change), platform.py (needs a change to use sys.getwindowsversion() in preference to pywin32, if possible, anyway), and the Python banner (which already uses

Re: [Python-Dev] Consistent platform name for 64bit windows (was: distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows)

2008-03-18 Thread Trent Nelson
] Consistent platform name for 64bit windows (was: distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows) [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: So, at the risk of painting a bike-shed, I'd like to propose that we adopt 'AMD64' in distutils (needs a change), platform.py (needs a change to use sys.getwindowsversion

Re: [Python-Dev] Consistent platform name for 64bit windows (was: distutils.util.get_platform() for Windows)

2008-03-18 Thread Jon Ribbens
On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 02:05:37AM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, at the risk of painting a bike-shed, I'd like to propose that we adopt 'AMD64' in distutils (needs a change), platform.py (needs a change to use sys.getwindowsversion() in preference to pywin32, if possible, anyway), and