[Biopython-dev] Fwd: [Numpy-discussion] Python extensions for Python 3.5 - useful info...

[Peter Cock]

Hello all,

Python 3.5.0 rc 2 is out now, so we ought to be testing
Biopython with it:

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350rc2/

However, this has deeper implications for compiling on
Windows - in addition to the email forwarded below, I
also saw this via Guido van Rossum's Twitter,

https://twitter.com/gvanrossum/status/636279572938428416
http://stevedower.id.au/blog/building-for-python-3-5/

The key point is for Python 3.5 on Windows builds now use
Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0, and extension modules should
use the same.

He notes that for the short term, there are likely to be
compatibility problems with mingw32 which we have also
used previously.

Unless someone else volunteers, at some point I will have
to try installing MSVC 14.0 on my old Windows XP machine
which has been used for all our recent Biopython Windows
installers.

Regards,

Peter

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Fernando Perez <fperez.net at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 6:24 AM
Subject: [Numpy-discussion] Python extensions for Python 3.5 - useful info...
To: Discussion of Numerical Python <numpy-discussion at scipy.org>, SciPy
Developers List <scipy-dev at scipy.net>, Core developer mailing list of
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Just an FYI for the upcoming Python release, a very detailed post from
Steve Dower, the Microsoft developer who is now in charge of the
Windows releases for Python, on how the build process will change in
3.5 regarding extensions:

http://stevedower.id.au/blog/building-for-python-3-5/

Cheers,

f
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