use SciPy with Python 2.4.1?

[Robert Kern]

John Hunter wrote:
>>>>>>"Robert" == Robert Kern <rkern at ucsd.edu> writes:
> 
> 
>     Robert> beliavsky at aol.com wrote:
>     >> Is SciPy usable with Python 2.4.1? At
>     >> http://www.scipy.org/download/ it says that 2.3.3 is
>     >> recommended, and I don't see a binary for 2.4.1.
> 
>     Robert> It is usable with Python 2.4.1 on Linux and OS X at
>     Robert> least. IIRC, mingw-compiled extensions don't work with the
>     Robert> standard Python 2.4.1 interpreter, which is, I believe,
>     Robert> the largest holdup for Windows binaries for 2.4.1.
> 
> I routinely compile matplotlib with mingw for 2.4 and haven't had any
> problems.  If I recall correctly, a trivial patch for distutils is
> needed which is described at
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-December/254826.html

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