Help with Windows build of Yapgvb Python extension

Mike kyosohma at gmail.com
Fri Jan 11 09:44:19 EST 2008


On Jan 11, 8:41 am, Lonnie Princehouse <finite.automa... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'm the author of Yapgvb, a Python binding for Graphviz.  Yapgvb
> enjoys modest success, but for some time it has been in dire need of a
> Python 2.5 build for Windows. I'm posting this message in the hopes of
> finding someone who is interested in making this build.
>
> This is a relatively quick task for someone who is comfortable with
> building C extensions and has an operational Windows build environment
> for Python 2.5 (which I don't).  Alternately, it's a great way to
> learn about these things, and to get involved with a small open source
> project.
>
> Technologies used:
>   graphviz
>   distutils
>   boost.python
>   boost.graph
>
> See:http://yapgvb.sourceforge.net

What do you need exactly? One of those executables created using bdist
or are you going for the msi?

I usually attempt to create these things doing

python setup.py bdist_wininst

...for executable installers.

If you can provide a valid setup.py, I can probably create the exe/
msi.

Mike



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