404 not found on for Python 2.6 Itanium

[csgrimes1]

Anyone know where else I can download 2.6 for x64 windows?

Thanks!

[Christian Heimes]

cs*******@gmail .com wrote:

Anyone know where else I can download 2.6 for x64 windows?

x64 is AMD64 aka X64_86 and not the Itanium version. Itanium is IA64. We
don't build Python for IA64 anymore.

Christian

[nadiasvertex]

Then why is there a link on the download site? You are saying that
for python 2.6 forward, there is no plan to support a stock python for
IA64? Is there any particular reason why this is so?

-={C}=-

Christian Heimes wrote:

cs*******@gmail .com wrote:

Anyone know where else I can download 2.6 for x64 windows?

x64 is AMD64 aka X64_86 and not the Itanium version. Itanium is IA64. We
don't build Python for IA64 anymore.

Christian

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?=]

Then why is there a link on the download site?

Where specifically did you spot that link? I can't see any.

You are saying that
for python 2.6 forward, there is no plan to support a stock python for
IA64? Is there any particular reason why this is so?

Yes. It's too much effort to build, and too few users that actually
use it. Users are still free to build it themselves, and to share
the build with others.

Regards,
Martin

[Jerry Hill]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:12 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <ma****@v.loewi s.dewrote:

>Then why is there a link on the download site?

Where specifically did you spot that link? I can't see any.

I believe the link in question is on the page
http://www.python.org/download/ titled "Python 2.6 Windows Itanium
installer" with a link to
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6...n-2.6.ia64.msi . Clicking
on that link brings you to a 404 error page. There is no Itanium
install linked from the 2.6 release page
(http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/)

--
Jerry

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?=]

Copied from the download page:

It would have helped if you had provided the URL instead. I didn't
recognize that you were talking about

http://www.python.org/download/

as I rarely ever view this page. On

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/

no such link is included.

I have now deleted the link; thanks for pointing this problem out.

In any case, if you want Itanium binaries of Python, I recommend to
use 2.5.2, from

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.2/

Regards,
Martin

[Terry Reedy]

Jerry Hill wrote:

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:12 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <ma****@v.loewi s.dewrote:

>>Then why is there a link on the download site?

Where specifically did you spot that link? I can't see any.

I believe the link in question is on the page
http://www.python.org/download/ titled "Python 2.6 Windows Itanium
installer" with a link to
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6...n-2.6.ia64.msi . Clicking
on that link brings you to a 404 error page.

That appears to have been fixed, by removing the erroneous link.
There is no Itanium

install linked from the 2.6 release page
(http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/)

[Christopher]

Yes. It's too much effort to build, and too few users that actually
use it. Users are still free to build it themselves, and to share
the build with others.

I guess that I don't understand why you feel there is so much effort
involved. I developed a set of makefiles that build Python and all
dependencies from the command line using nmake. The only thing you
have to do is specify debug and cpu. The rest is taken care of by the
Makefiles. Of course, this dev setup uses VS 2005, but it could be
made to work with VS 2008 with little trouble. The setup is designed
to cross compile the x64 and ia64 architectures.
-={C}=-

[Steve Holden]

Christopher wrote:

[Martin von Loewis wrote]:

>Yes. It's too much effort to build, and too few users that actually
use it. Users are still free to build it themselves, and to share
the build with others.

I guess that I don't understand why you feel there is so much effort
involved. I developed a set of makefiles that build Python and all
dependencies from the command line using nmake. The only thing you
have to do is specify debug and cpu. The rest is taken care of by the
Makefiles. Of course, this dev setup uses VS 2005, but it could be
made to work with VS 2008 with little trouble. The setup is designed
to cross compile the x64 and ia64 architectures.

Among other things it's a question of

a) access to resources (we have to test what we release), and

b) volunteer effort to maintain (we have to maintain what we release).

We are fairly weak in the Windows area, and Martin is currently the
person we rely on for these builds. If he can't support them, they don't
get built.

If you want to stand up for the task I don't imagine it would be too
difficult to submit patches for the Itanium builds. You would need to
convince people about your intention of providing long-term support,
however.

regards
Steve
--
Steve Holden [phone] [phone]
Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/

[Steve Holden]

Christopher wrote:

[Martin von Loewis wrote]:

>Yes. It's too much effort to build, and too few users that actually
use it. Users are still free to build it themselves, and to share
the build with others.

I guess that I don't understand why you feel there is so much effort
involved. I developed a set of makefiles that build Python and all
dependencies from the command line using nmake. The only thing you
have to do is specify debug and cpu. The rest is taken care of by the
Makefiles. Of course, this dev setup uses VS 2005, but it could be
made to work with VS 2008 with little trouble. The setup is designed
to cross compile the x64 and ia64 architectures.

Among other things it's a question of

a) access to resources (we have to test what we release), and

b) volunteer effort to maintain (we have to maintain what we release).

We are fairly weak in the Windows area, and Martin is currently the
person we rely on for these builds. If he can't support them, they don't
get built.

If you want to stand up for the task I don't imagine it would be too
difficult to submit patches for the Itanium builds. You would need to
convince people about your intention of providing long-term support,
however.

regards
Steve
--
Steve Holden [phone] [phone]
Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/