On 10/01/2025 10:50, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
On 10.01.25 10:43, Xisco Fauli wrote:
The internal python has been bumped to 3.11 in <https://
git.libreoffice.org/core/+/50524481b30d904ee4a12ef478eeae05647a465d>
"Python: upgrade to 3.11.11 (master only)".
However, the Windows build now needs an existing python.exe to create
deepfreeze.c, See https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.11/PCbuild/
_freeze_module.vcxproj#L397
So we now need an external Python executable to be available to
"bootstrap" the build of ExternalProject_python3? I would say: Add
some `--with-bootstrap-python=...` configure option to let users specify
where to take that from (and move to configure.ac whatever convenience
code there is to find or obtain it for the users who don't specify that
`-with-bootstrap-python=...` explicitly).
no, i think that should just work automatically. just add the
"python.exe" that would be downloaded to the "extern" repository (with a
versioned filename) and figure out how to (copy and) call it from the
ExternalProject build.
alternatively python.exe could be added to LODE, but then you may need
to re-run that if the bundled python is updated; that would be more
convenient if it's downloaded together with the python source.
