Message 237463 - Python tracker

Message237463

Author	terry.reedy
Recipients	Saimadhav.Heblikar, dstufft, peter.otten, rhettinger, terry.reedy
Date	2015-03-07.17:59:08
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Message-id	<1425751149.08.0.660552698136.issue23551@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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On Windows, I think we should consider directly supportting http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ Unofficial Windows Binaries for Python Extension Packages When possible, this has 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4 binaries for 32 and 64 bits. I and others use this site, but beginners would not know to use it. Since last summer, Christoph has switched nearly all files from .zip to pip-installable .whl. The site says to download and point pip to the local downloaded copy, but I presume pip can be directly pointed to the site.

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On Windows, I think we should consider directly supportting
http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
Unofficial Windows Binaries for Python Extension Packages
When possible, this has 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, and 3.4 binaries for 32 and 64 bits.

I and others use this site, but beginners would not know to use it.  Since last summer, Christoph has switched nearly all files from .zip to pip-installable .whl.  The site says to download and point pip to the local downloaded copy, but I presume pip can be directly pointed to the site.

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Date	User	Action	Args
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