[Biopython-dev] Windows buildslave back online

[Tiago Antão]

I am using VS Express 2010 plus the Windows SDK. It seems to work. It
is possible to generate 64 bit binaries on 32 bit machines, BTW (with
cross compiling).
I have made some very simple changes to setup.py :
https://github.com/tiagoantao/biopython/blob/master/setup.py
They should only impact Windows with 64-bit interpreters. Even if they
do not work (which they seem to do), they should only break 64-bin win
interpreters (which are not functional anyway).

Tiago

2011/7/27 Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>:
> 2011/7/27 Tiago Antão <tiagoantao at gmail.com>:
>> 2011/7/27 Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>:
>>> Can you make it conditional on Windows?
>>
>> Silly me, just forgot all other platforms. Furthermore, the 32-bit
>> compiler in Windows is VS? Because if it is mingw then something extra
>> is needed.
>> I will work on a new git fork to change the setup.py only to
>> accomodate windows 64.
>>
>> Tiago
>
> Actually we (well - my Windows machine since that is the one
> that has done all the recent releases) are using a mixture
> depending on the version of Python.
>
> According to my old email from Dec 2010, since I don't have
> the machine in front of me right now:
>>> We're using mingw32 from Cygwin on older versions of Python,
>>> and I think Python 2.6 onwards I'm using Microsoft’s free VC++
>>> 2008 Express Edition which was downloaded from
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/
>
> See: http://lists.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython-dev/2010-December/008582.html
>
> It would be worth asking anyone else on the dev list who has
> previously compiled and built installers on Windows (e.g. Michael)
> to also test any changes.
>
> I might on day be able to setup a 64bit Windows virtual machine,
> but right now I don't have time and it would require finding the
> right person in IT for the install media and licence etc.
>
> Peter
>



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