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| author | Ben McGinnes <[email protected]> | 2018-12-04 23:51:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Ben McGinnes <[email protected]> | 2018-12-04 23:51:59 +0000 |
| commit | 1dffdcc6e9d249111eb8761d29ef3b35b32a8c3d (patch) | |
| tree | c502a6cec669525ab68f4a8345f40c277655d4f2 /lang/python/doc/rst/gpgme-python-howto.rst | |
| parent | python: sphinx modification (diff) | |
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python: windows c and cython
* added warning that he Windows C runtime issues will also affect use
with Cython and that relying on binary installers would remove that
possible use case.
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diff --git a/lang/python/doc/rst/gpgme-python-howto.rst b/lang/python/doc/rst/gpgme-python-howto.rst index 7843a65d..3750d9a1 100644 --- a/lang/python/doc/rst/gpgme-python-howto.rst +++ b/lang/python/doc/rst/gpgme-python-howto.rst @@ -547,6 +547,14 @@ versions for CPython 2.7 and 3.4, with 64-bit versions for both x86-64 (i.e. Intel and AMD) and ARM architectures for CPython 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and later releases. That\'s the bare **minimum**, it\'d probably be higher. +Additionally, with only a binary installation used in conjunction with +the CPython installer from ``python.org`` the advanced options available +which utilise `Cython <#cython>`__ will not be able to be used at all. +Cython depends on being able to compile the C code it generates and that +too would need to utilise a matching runtime to both the installed +version of CPython and these bindings in order to work with the +bindings. + Considering all of that, what do we recommend? #. Use a recent version of CPython; at least 3.5, but ideally 3.6 or |