Python DLL in Windows Folder

[Ross Ridge]

<martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
> I did, and determined that it's not possible.  We would have to use
> assembly manifests, and can't, as the tool chain doesn't support them.

Ross Ridge writes:
> Your choice to use a tool chain that doesn't support side-by-side
> assemblies does not make it impossible.

Chris Mellon <arkanes at gmail.com> wrote:
>It's worth pointing out that when the choice was made,Windows didn't
>support SxS at all and there was no toolchain for it.

Python 2.5 was released on September 16, 2006, Python 2.4 on November
30, 2004, and Python 2.3 on July 29, 2003.  Windows first supported
assembly manifests in Windows XP, which was released on October 25, 2001.
There have been plenty of opportunities to add assembly manifests to
the Python installer, if the developers were willing.

Note also that private side-by-side DLL installation using .local files
has been supported since Windows 98SE.

						Ross Ridge

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