Re: [pygame] teaching python 2.4

[Stuart <stuartw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use it a lot (and mingwin), unfortunately python extensions must be compiled 
with the same compiler as the local python install I believe, yes?

On Tuesday 01 February 2005 19:44, andrew baker wrote:
> Get cygwin.  Comes with gcc.  Merry Xmas.
>
> On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:27:12 +1300, Stuart <stuartw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 11 January 2005 07:30, Sami Hangaslammi wrote:
> > > On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:46:18 -0600, phil <phillip.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> > > > I am teaching python at a high school and 2,4 is
> > > > all I have available.  I understand pygame demands
> > > > 2.3.  True? workaround?
> > >
> > > It doesn't require 2.3 per se, but precompiled binaries are only
> > > available for 2.2 and 2.3, so you'll need to compile it yourself.
> >
> > Are there ANY pre-compiled windows python2.4 installs out there?
> > The requirements to just 'recompile' are rather heavy, and I'm surprised
> > that even the 1.62 (pre-1.7) is not available for 2.4 since 2.3 has just
> > gone unmaintained.
> >
> > Feel sorry for me, sitting here C++ compilerless with windows (of course
> > my linux boxes don't have this problem).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Stuart.