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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:44:04 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Python 2.6 status
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Hugh,

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:20:37AM -0600, Hugh Davis wrote:
> The last postings regarding Python 2.6 mentioned needing a coordinated
> effort with all the packages that have dependencies on python. Is
> there a status on how this effort is coming? Any estimate on when an
> experimental or final package might be available?

As of last week, I have a releasable Cygwin Python 2.6 with the
following caveats:

1. It is not built against libncursesw-devel, but Python 2.6 added
ncursesw support.

2. Yaakov recently created a libffi patch that I haven't had a chance to
test yet.

I would like to release an experimental Cygwin Python 2.6 and then
resolve the above (IMO) minor issues in a follow-up release.  Any
objections?

Thanks,
Jason

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