Hi,
I am trying to get a small group of volunteers together to create
Windows binaries for any Python extension developer that needs them,
much like the package/extension builders who volunteer their time to
create Linux RPMs.
The main thing I need are people willing to test the binaries to make
sure the extension is stable. This would require installing the binary
and probably downloading the source too to get the developer's test
code. I've been able to get some of the tests to run great while
others are pretty finicky and some extensions don't come with tests.
It would be nice to know which extensions are most in need of this
too.
While I can create the binaries on my own for a while, if I get too
many requests, there will be a backlog, so it would be nice to have
help with that too. I'm also looking for knowledgeable people to be
sounding boards (i.e. give advice).
Developers: all I would require is a request, a link to the source,
and a well-written setup.py file for a cross-platform extension.
You can find the few that I've already done here:http:// www.pythonlibrary.org/python_modules.htm
I have also posted a way to create the binaries using the MinGW
compiler. I have VS2003 installed on my PC and MinGW is installed in a
VM, so I can compile the extensions both ways.
Thanks in advance for any feedback.
Mike 15 3223 ky******@gmail. com wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to get a small group of volunteers together to create
Windows binaries for any Python extension developer that needs them,
much like the package/extension builders who volunteer their time to
create Linux RPMs.
The main thing I need are people willing to test the binaries to make
sure the extension is stable. This would require installing the binary
and probably downloading the source too to get the developer's test
code. I've been able to get some of the tests to run great while
others are pretty finicky and some extensions don't come with tests.
It would be nice to know which extensions are most in need of this
too.
While I can create the binaries on my own for a while, if I get too
many requests, there will be a backlog, so it would be nice to have
help with that too. I'm also looking for knowledgeable people to be
sounding boards (i.e. give advice).
Developers: all I would require is a request, a link to the source,
and a well-written setup.py file for a cross-platform extension.
You can find the few that I've already done here:http:// www.pythonlibrary.org/python_modules.htm
I have also posted a way to create the binaries using the MinGW
compiler. I have VS2003 installed on my PC and MinGW is installed in a
VM, so I can compile the extensions both ways.
Mike, this is great news. Whenever I have time <laughs, but
means it sincerelyI'll try to run through some of the modules
you've compiled.
As a slight aside, the main problem I've found when I've tried
to build extensions (and I've been doing it recently with AVBin and
Pyglet) is that Windows just doesn't have the build environment, the
directory structures, the env vars and all that that a ./configure or
even a python setup.py install sometimes expects. eg if I were to
offer to build a MySQL extension (as someone who doesn't use MySQL
and wouldn't have the source libs installed if I did) there would
be a fair bit of pain to go through. You've obviously gone through
that pain barrier for at least some of the extensions on the modules
page. Was it tough?
TJG
(PS SendKeys link on this page is dead: http://www.pythonlibrary.org/automation.htm)
On Nov 9, 8:36 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden .me.ukwrote:
kyoso...@gmail. com wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to get a small group of volunteers together to create
Windows binaries for any Python extension developer that needs them,
much like the package/extension builders who volunteer their time to
create Linux RPMs.
The main thing I need are people willing to test the binaries to make
sure the extension is stable. This would require installing the binary
and probably downloading the source too to get the developer's test
code. I've been able to get some of the tests to run great while
others are pretty finicky and some extensions don't come with tests.
It would be nice to know which extensions are most in need of this
too.
While I can create the binaries on my own for a while, if I get too
many requests, there will be a backlog, so it would be nice to have
help with that too. I'm also looking for knowledgeable people to be
sounding boards (i.e. give advice).
Developers: all I would require is a request, a link to the source,
and a well-written setup.py file for a cross-platform extension.
You can find the few that I've already done here:http:// www.pythonlibrary.org/python_modules.htm
I have also posted a way to create the binaries using the MinGW
compiler. I have VS2003 installed on my PC and MinGW is installed in a
VM, so I can compile the extensions both ways.
Mike, this is great news. Whenever I have time <laughs, but
means it sincerelyI'll try to run through some of the modules
you've compiled.
As a slight aside, the main problem I've found when I've tried
to build extensions (and I've been doing it recently with AVBin and
Pyglet) is that Windows just doesn't have the build environment, the
directory structures, the env vars and all that that a ./configure or
even a python setup.py install sometimes expects. eg if I were to
offer to build a MySQL extension (as someone who doesn't use MySQL
and wouldn't have the source libs installed if I did) there would
be a fair bit of pain to go through. You've obviously gone through
that pain barrier for at least some of the extensions on the modules
page. Was it tough?
The hardest part was finding accurate information. Most people on the
user groups have been unhelpful or sarcastic. I had better luck
contacting developers directly who had already created Windows
binaries. They didn't mind giving me some pointers.
The directions for MinGW were usually only partially correct. So I
went through the two sets of directions I found (links on the site)
and mixed and matched until I got it right.
There are no directions on how to use Visual Studio 2003 that I've
found, just some old free edition. those directions were incompatible
with VS2003. I'll post VS2003's correct usage eventually, but it's
basically just installing it and then using distutils.
>
TJG
(PS SendKeys link on this page is dead:http://www.pythonlibrary.org/automation.htm)
I've noticed some of the stuff I thought I uploaded seems to have gone
MIA. I'll get that fixed tonight. Thanks for the bug report and offer
of help.
Mike ky******@gmail. com wrote:
The hardest part was finding accurate information. Most people on the
user groups have been unhelpful or sarcastic.
That's a shame to hear. Because you were building on Windows?
Or for some other reason? (I ask because, even here on the
Python lists, reactions like "Get a working O/S" are not unknown
in answer to questions like "How do I... on Windows?")
The directions for MinGW were usually only partially correct.
The gripe I've had MingW -- which is obviously tempered by the
fact of its existence and the huge amount of effort which has
gone into it -- is the difficulty of finding a version of all
the tools which pleases everyone. And/or of knowing whether it's
safe to mix "Stable", "Candidate" etc. release packages.
TJG
On Nov 9, 10:02 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden .me.ukwrote:
kyoso...@gmail. com wrote:
The hardest part was finding accurate information. Most people on the
user groups have been unhelpful or sarcastic.
That's a shame to hear. Because you were building on Windows?
Or for some other reason? (I ask because, even here on the
Python lists, reactions like "Get a working O/S" are not unknown
in answer to questions like "How do I... on Windows?")
I don't think it was because of Windows, but because I was asking
about how to use Visual Studio. I've had classes in it, but intro
classes in Comp Sci don't teach you how to compile. One of the people
on this list told me to go read Microsoft's docs.
Well, those docs are uniformly unhelpful until you actually know what
you're doing. And they were useless since the actual way to use the
compiler was to use the python command:
python setup.py bdist_wininst
Which of course won't be found in any docs produced from the venerable
Microsoft.
>
The directions for MinGW were usually only partially correct.
The gripe I've had MingW -- which is obviously tempered by the
fact of its existence and the huge amount of effort which has
gone into it -- is the difficulty of finding a version of all
the tools which pleases everyone. And/or of knowing whether it's
safe to mix "Stable", "Candidate" etc. release packages.
TJG
I used Candidate. At some point, I'll have to try uninstalling MinGW
and try Stable. Mixing them sounds interesting too.
I'm no expert in either one yet, but I hope to be soon.
Mike ky******@gmail. com wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to get a small group of volunteers together to create
Windows binaries for any Python extension developer that needs them,
much like the package/extension builders who volunteer their time to
create Linux RPMs.
Really good idea.
Can you get some corporate support? It would be good to have
some organization behind this. Binaries are a security issue;
you need an organization or a reputation to distribute binaries.
John Nagle
On Nov 9, 12:24 pm, John Nagle <na...@animats. comwrote:
kyoso...@gmail. com wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to get a small group of volunteers together to create
Windows binaries for any Python extension developer that needs them,
much like the package/extension builders who volunteer their time to
create Linux RPMs.
Really good idea.
Can you get some corporate support? It would be good to have
some organization behind this. Binaries are a security issue;
you need an organization or a reputation to distribute binaries.
John Nagle
Right now all I have is Steve Holden's backing (and now Golden's too).
If you have some suggestions beyond Python luminaries, let me know.
Mike
On Nov 9, 12:24 pm, John Nagle <na...@animats. comwrote:
kyoso...@gmail. com wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to get a small group of volunteers together to create
Windows binaries for any Python extension developer that needs them,
much like the package/extension builders who volunteer their time to
create Linux RPMs.
Really good idea.
Can you get some corporate support? It would be good to have
some organization behind this. Binaries are a security issue;
you need an organization or a reputation to distribute binaries.
John Nagle
I forgot to ask, but what would that look like? Some kind of message
like "these binaries are backed by the Blah Blah Organization" ? I
can't get a reputation until I start doing it...
Mike ky******@gmail. com wrote:
On Nov 9, 8:36 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden .me.ukwrote:
>kyoso...@gmail .com wrote:
>>Hi, I am trying to get a small group of volunteers together to create Windows binaries for any Python extension developer that needs them, much like the package/extension builders who volunteer their time to create Linux RPMs.
Are you aware of the repository that ActiveState created for
its version of Python (ActivePython) ? It comes with a
set of pre-compiled Python extensions (PPMs) and an easy
to use installer.
Perhaps getting ActiveState to open up the repo would be good
idea - something like Ubuntu does with the universe repo.
>>The main thing I need are people willing to test the binaries to make sure the extension is stable. This would require installing the binary and probably downloading the source too to get the developer's test code. I've been able to get some of the tests to run great while others are pretty finicky and some extensions don't come with tests. It would be nice to know which extensions are most in need of this too. While I can create the binaries on my own for a while, if I get too many requests, there will be a backlog, so it would be nice to have help with that too. I'm also looking for knowledgeable people to be sounding boards (i.e. give advice). Developers: all I would require is a request, a link to the source, and a well-written setup.py file for a cross-platform extension. You can find the few that I've already done here:http:// www.pythonlibrary.org/python_modules.htm I have also posted a way to create the binaries using the MinGW compiler. I have VS2003 installed on my PC and MinGW is installed in a VM, so I can compile the extensions both ways.
Mike, this is great news. Whenever I have time <laughs, but means it sincerelyI'll try to run through some of the modules you've compiled.
As a slight aside, the main problem I've found when I've tried to build extensions (and I've been doing it recently with AVBin and Pyglet) is that Windows just doesn't have the build environment, the directory structures, the env vars and all that that a ./configure or even a python setup.py install sometimes expects. eg if I were to offer to build a MySQL extension (as someone who doesn't use MySQL and wouldn't have the source libs installed if I did) there would be a fair bit of pain to go through. You've obviously gone through that pain barrier for at least some of the extensions on the modules page. Was it tough?
The hardest part was finding accurate information. Most people on the
user groups have been unhelpful or sarcastic. I had better luck
contacting developers directly who had already created Windows
binaries. They didn't mind giving me some pointers.
Interesting: Python seems to be "growing up" in all kinds of
ways ...
The directions for MinGW were usually only partially correct. So I
went through the two sets of directions I found (links on the site)
and mixed and matched until I got it right.
There are no directions on how to use Visual Studio 2003 that I've
found, just some old free edition. those directions were incompatible
with VS2003. I'll post VS2003's correct usage eventually, but it's
basically just installing it and then using distutils.
Getting VS2003 ready to compile Python extensions is really easy:
1. open a command shell
2. run vcvars32.bat
3. make sure the Python version you are targetting is on the
PATH
4. "python setup.py bdist_wininst" or "python setup.py bdist_msi"
5. pick up the installer in the build\ directory.
Note: bdist_msi is only available in Python 2.5 and later.
You need VC6 if you want to compile extensions for Python 1.5-2.3
and VC7.1 for Python 2.4 and later.
>TJG
(PS SendKeys link on this page is dead:http://www.pythonlibrary.org/automation.htm)
I've noticed some of the stuff I thought I uploaded seems to have gone
MIA. I'll get that fixed tonight. Thanks for the bug report and offer
of help.
Mike
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On Nov 9, 5:26 pm, "M.-A. Lemburg" <m...@egenix.co mwrote:
kyoso...@gmail. com wrote:
On Nov 9, 8:36 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden .me.ukwrote:
kyoso...@gmail. com wrote: Hi, I am trying to get a small group of volunteers together to create Windows binaries for any Python extension developer that needs them, much like the package/extension builders who volunteer their time to create Linux RPMs.
Are you aware of the repository that ActiveState created for
its version of Python (ActivePython) ? It comes with a
set of pre-compiled Python extensions (PPMs) and an easy
to use installer.
Perhaps getting ActiveState to open up the repo would be good
idea - something like Ubuntu does with the universe repo.
>The main thing I need are people willing to test the binaries to make sure the extension is stable. This would require installing the binary and probably downloading the source too to get the developer's test code. I've been able to get some of the tests to run great while others are pretty finicky and some extensions don't come with tests. It would be nice to know which extensions are most in need of this too. While I can create the binaries on my own for a while, if I get too many requests, there will be a backlog, so it would be nice to have help with that too. I'm also looking for knowledgeable people to be sounding boards (i.e. give advice). Developers: all I would require is a request, a link to the source, and a well-written setup.py file for a cross-platform extension. You can find the few that I've already done here:http:// www.pythonlibrary.org/python_modules.htm I have also posted a way to create the binaries using the MinGW compiler. I have VS2003 installed on my PC and MinGW is installed in a VM, so I can compile the extensions both ways.
Mike, this is great news. Whenever I have time <laughs, but
means it sincerelyI'll try to run through some of the modules
you've compiled.
As a slight aside, the main problem I've found when I've tried
to build extensions (and I've been doing it recently with AVBin and
Pyglet) is that Windows just doesn't have the build environment, the
directory structures, the env vars and all that that a ./configure or
even a python setup.py install sometimes expects. eg if I were to
offer to build a MySQL extension (as someone who doesn't use MySQL
and wouldn't have the source libs installed if I did) there would
be a fair bit of pain to go through. You've obviously gone through
that pain barrier for at least some of the extensions on the modules
page. Was it tough?
The hardest part was finding accurate information. Most people on the
user groups have been unhelpful or sarcastic. I had better luck
contacting developers directly who had already created Windows
binaries. They didn't mind giving me some pointers.
Interesting: Python seems to be "growing up" in all kinds of
ways ...
The directions for MinGW were usually only partially correct. So I
went through the two sets of directions I found (links on the site)
and mixed and matched until I got it right.
There are no directions on how to use Visual Studio 2003 that I've
found, just some old free edition. those directions were incompatible
with VS2003. I'll post VS2003's correct usage eventually, but it's
basically just installing it and then using distutils.
Getting VS2003 ready to compile Python extensions is really easy:
1. open a command shell
2. run vcvars32.bat
3. make sure the Python version you are targetting is on the
PATH
4. "python setup.py bdist_wininst" or "python setup.py bdist_msi"
5. pick up the installer in the build\ directory.
I didn't need to run vcvars32.bat to make mine work. But that's good
to know...I think.
Note: bdist_msi is only available in Python 2.5 and later.
You need VC6 if you want to compile extensions for Python 1.5-2.3
and VC7.1 for Python 2.4 and later.
I was aware of that you needed VC6 for 2.3, but I didn't realize it
went that far back. And I knew you needed 7.1 for 2.4 and 2.5, but
I've heard that they're moving to VS2005 soon.
Thanks for the feedback, Marc-Andre!
Mike
>
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