From 1dffdcc6e9d249111eb8761d29ef3b35b32a8c3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben McGinnes Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 10:51:59 +1100 Subject: 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. --- lang/python/doc/src/gpgme-python-howto | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'lang/python/doc/src') diff --git a/lang/python/doc/src/gpgme-python-howto b/lang/python/doc/src/gpgme-python-howto index 5436bfb7..c6b00027 100644 --- a/lang/python/doc/src/gpgme-python-howto +++ b/lang/python/doc/src/gpgme-python-howto @@ -569,6 +569,13 @@ 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? 1. Use a recent version of CPython; at least 3.5, but ideally 3.6 or -- cgit v1.2.3