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Re:Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor m... by nerdponx on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @05:08PM (#38197826)
Fortunately it should be slowing down now. The big transition was getting everyone on board with PEP 517, especially converting legacy Setuptools projects.
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Re:Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor m... by lmm on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @05:56PM (#38198448)
I've been hearing something like this about Python builds every two or three years for decades. How long until the next "big transition" is "converting legacy PEP 517 projects"?
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Re:Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor m... by nerdponx on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:19PM (#38199222)
Hopefully never.
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Re:Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor m... by lmm on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @09:21PM (#38200252)
Hopefully, sure. But why should we believe that this time is different?
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Re:Why SciPy builds for Python 3.12 on Windows are a minor m... by oblvious-earth on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @09:35PM (#38200365)
The main difference now is there is an actual standard rather than a de facto tool that becomes the standard.

The idea is that different tools may rise and fall in popularity but they should all be following the standard so the compatability breaks should be minimal.

Will it work? No idea, but it's the best attempt to make things work well for everyone yet.

Python 3.12 might be the biggest churn moment, but there are probably a few more down the road, such as dropping legacy version specifiers.

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