Re: Python recompile

On 2025-03-11, bart <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:

Windows is getting an unfairly bad reputation for building applications;
why do you think that is? It's almost like the people on Linux
deliberately keep their build systems Linux-centric just to maintain
that myth!

I worked as a Windows-only dev in a Windows-only shop.  Visual C++
project files and builds were a builds were an incredible shitshow,
even though everything was for the one and only platform.

At one point I tried using make. That's when I found out hat the CL.EXE
compiler by itself had no idea where the include and library files are
at all; I had to specify all those details, LOL.

Open source developers presumably want people to use their programs,
even those working on Windows. And I mentioned elsewhere that 70% of

Not all open source developers care about Windows. Some do. The GNU
project started in the mid 1980s by rewriting Unix user space, without
its own kernel. Stallman justified the use of the proprietary platforms
because a complete free platform was not available.  Today, the GNU
project de-emphasizes support for proprietary platforms; they should
not be used except to study them to replicate their features.

desktop systems and laptops use Windows. So why alienate those people?

Windows *users* don't have to build anything. In fact, many open source
projects go out of their way for Windows users, giving them a nice
installer.

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