From: "Aahz" <aahz@pythoncraft.com> > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002, Tim Peters wrote: > > [Aahz] > >> Ah. Okay, is shipping a zip of the build tree (plus a couple of MSVCRT > >> libraries) sufficient to run Python? > > > > Sufficient for whom? Not for the typical Windows user. It's sufficient for > > a typical developer, but if they want a build tree they can build Python > > themself from CVS. > > Not me; I don't have a Windows C compiler, and it's extremely unlikely > that I would until I get a Win2K box. I think that's representative of > a large minority in the Python community. When I said "build tree", I Which minority ;-) Python users on windows? Windows users without compiler? > meant after compile/link; before that, it's just a source tree. ;-) Most windows users won't care if it's a compiled source tree or a windows installer - they only can test their apps if they have there most beloved extensions installed for this new version. win32all and wxPython seem to be most prominent. Until Mark and/or Robin make installers for those extensions available, noone of this 'large minority' will be able to test hist stuff. So, only windows users with a C compiler will test the release - to see if their own extensions do work, and they can also do it compiling the release themselves. Thomas
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