[BRLTTY] Can't get brltty to build, was Re: Support multiple Python versions on Windows

Dave Mielke Dave at mielke.cc
Mon Oct 16 14:42:41 EDT 2023


[quoted lines by Leonard de Ruijter on 2023/10/16 at 19:52 +0200]

>the makefile might fail with running setup.py. You will have to
>change bdist_wininst into bdist_egg. The newer versions of python no longer
>support creating a windows installer.

Is it just a matter of changing the module name? Are the names within the newer module the same?

>Alternatively, you will need to install the wheel package with pip and then
>use bdist_wheel.I actually think that would be the proper way to go, as wheel
>is now the start of the art format to install prebuidl Python packages.

Do you know this stuff well enough to make the needed changes? I don't.

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