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

[Ben Fulton]

I can have a go at getting this running on my Windows 8 machine. Not sure
how much work it will be. Is there an issue open for it or anything?

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> I'd like to retire this WinXP box, but not until I have another
> Windows development machine setup (perhaps a VM).
> For now it is handy for building our Biopython installers
> for 32-bit windows, and as a buildbot slave, but its days
> are numbered.
>
> I've not looked into how to install MSCV 14.0 but it would
> not surprise me that it isn't available on Windows XP.
>
> Biopython would benefit from one or more developers
> working primarily on Windows (which is what I did when
> I first started).
>
> Peter
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Fields, Christopher J
> <cjfields at illinois.edu> wrote:
> > Peter, Just a note on Windows XP and Python 3.5 support (under
> 'Unsupported
> > Operating Systems’):
> >
> > https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.5.html
> >
> > Not sure how this affects whether it actually would work on XP using MS
> > Visual C++ 14.0 though; is it supported on that platform?
> >
> > chris
> >
> > On Aug 26, 2015, at 3:52 AM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > the Cython compiler <cython-devel at python.org>
> >
> >
> > 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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