[Python-Dev] No manifest files on Windows?

[Thomas Heller]

Mark Hammond schrieb:
>> In http://bugs.python.org/issue4120, the author suggests that it might
>> be possible to completely stop using the manifest mechanism, for VS
>> 2008. Given the many problems that this SxS stuff has caused, this
>> sounds like a very desirable route, although I haven't done any actual
>> testing yet.
>> 
>> Can all the Windows experts please comment? Could that work? Does it
>> have any downsides?
>> 
>> If it works, I would like to apply it to 3.0, although I probably
>> won't be able to apply it to tomorrow's rc. Would it also be possible
>> to change that in 2.6.1 (even though python26.dll in 2.6.0 already
>> includes a manifest, as do all the pyd files)?
> 
> My take is that the bug is suggesting the manifest be dropped only from .pyd
> files.  Python's executable and DLL will still have the manifest reference,
> so the CRT is still loaded from a manifest (FWIW, the CRT will abort() if
> initialized other than via a manifest!).

What about COM objects: isn't pythoncom26.dll or _ctypes.pyd the first executable
image that is loaded first for them?  And how would they load the crt?

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Thanks,
Thomas