[python-win32] python-win32 Digest, Vol 205, Issue 8

[Markus Kramer]

At the times predating pypi and wheels, how did you compile the swig
interfaces? distutils, swig, or a third method?

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 6:01 PM <python-win32-request at python.org> wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 13:12:51 -0400
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] Separate smaller wheels?
> On Sun, 24 May 2020 19:51:13 +0200, Markus Kramer
> <markuskramerigitt at gmail.com> declaimed the following:
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> >I believe pypiwin32 (the predecessor to pywin32?) offered smaller wheels.
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>         pywin32 predates pypi... heck -- it even predates "wheels". It
> used to
> be a separate EXE download that had to be manually installed. It is/was
> also a standard addition to the ActiveState Windows Python distributions.
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> From: "Vernon D. Cole" <vernondcole at gmail.com>
> To: Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com>
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> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 07:29:07 -0600
> Subject: Re: [python-win32] How to install pywin32 for Text only/TTY,
> excluding all GUI components
> Tim:
>   I don't understand.  If I include pywin32 as a pip requirement, then I
> get the whole thing, I think. How can I "ship a package" without carrying
> the unneeded parts around?
>
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> On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 12:28 AM Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> wrote:
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>> On May 23, 2020, at 4:27 AM, Markus Kramer <markuskramerigitt at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>
>> Hello,
>> I would like to discuss and contribute to an alternative pip package
>> without GUI:
>> - pip install pywin32       continues as is, e.g. includes Pythonwin.
>> - pip install pywin32nogui  would contain no GUI components, e.g.
>> MFC.dll.
>> What are your thoughts?
>>
>>
>> What is the point?  Installing a package does not mean you are required
>> to use all of it.  If you ship a package that doesn’t need the UI
>> components, then your package will not include the components.
>> —
>> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
>> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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