[Numpy-discussion] Building on Windows

[Pearu Peterson]

On Wed, 10 May 2006, Stephan Tolksdorf wrote:

> Hi,
>
> there are still some (mostly minor) problems with the Windows build of Numpy 
> (MinGW/Cygwin/MSVC). I'd be happy to produce patches and documentation 
> enhancements, but before doing so I'd like to know if there's interest from 
> one of the core developers to review/commit these patches afterwards. I'm 
> asking because in the past questions and suggestions regarding the building 
> process of Numpy (especially on Windows) often remained unanswered on this 
> list. I realise that many developers don't use Windows and that the distutils 
> build is a complex beast, but the current situation seems a bit 
> unsatisfactory  - and I would like to help.
> Would there be any interest for further refactoring of the build code over 
> and above patching errors?

Yes. Note that patches should not break other platforms.

I am currently succesfully using mingw32 compiler to build numpy. Python 
is Enthon23 and Enthon24 that conviniently contain all compiler tools.

Pearu