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| author | Roland Kaufmann <rka081+numpy@uib.no> | 2016-12-12 09:40:08 +0100 |
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| committer | Roland Kaufmann <roland.kaufmann@uni.no> | 2016-12-12 12:44:25 +0100 |
| commit | 21eeac2ebffd88461ae95e9d0dd487b12fab993e (patch) | |
| tree | aa0ff9be4195c59520ed788b5cae1d5ad7c93d3f /doc | |
| parent | 9a4691fd4e66a29441c5e5fd582a2c7e1eedb557 (diff) | |
| download | numpy-21eeac2ebffd88461ae95e9d0dd487b12fab993e.tar.gz | |
DOC: MinGW is partially supported, with caveats
MinGW can be used to build extensions, but will most likely fail for
extensions that uses the runtime extensively. This is just a band-aid
until Mingwpy is fully functional for calculation code written in
Fortran.
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diff --git a/doc/release/1.13.0-notes.rst b/doc/release/1.13.0-notes.rst index d41b06c37..eed3f7266 100644 --- a/doc/release/1.13.0-notes.rst +++ b/doc/release/1.13.0-notes.rst @@ -74,6 +74,18 @@ behaviour is recovered if ``axis=None`` (default). Improvements ============ +Partial support for 64-bit f2py extensions with MinGW +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Extensions that incorporate Fortran libraries can now be built using the free +MinGW_ toolset, also under Python 3.5. This works best for extensions that only +do calculations and uses the runtime modestly (reading and writing from files, +for instance). Note that this does not remove the need for Mingwpy; if you make +extensive use of the runtime, you will most likely run into issues_. Instead, +it should be regarded as a band-aid until Mingwpy is fully functional. + +.. _MinGW: https://sf.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/Personal%20Builds/mingw-builds/6.2.0/threads-win32/seh/ + +.. _issues: https://mingwpy.github.io/issues.html Changes ======= |