kxrob

The first Py3.12 alpha should appear in October on github for testing the deprecation replacements fully: https://peps.python.org/pep-0693/

> I still need to get my head around the new macros - it adds alot of complexity I'm still untangling. I do like the ability it has to provide...

#1936 includes removal of the _fixup_sdk_dirs() mechanism.

> reformat with black It should be principally possible to somehow transform and rebase a branch with several commits, using the formatter after each commit and doing appropriate rebase /...

> somehow transform and rebase a branch with several commits, using the formatter after each commit and doing appropriate rebase It turned out to run smooth like this: ``` git...

Just had a quick look so far, didn't test or fully overlook the further effects (only little time ATM for some days) : The `__gen_path__` seems to be pre-choosen as...

So far it was possible to pre-freeze / zip and use typelibs like this, to avoid / limit code generations at binary user site, e.g. with py2exe options: includes="win32com.gen_py.C866CA3A-32F7-11D2-9602-00C04F8EE628x0x5x4" (...

> I haven't actually prevented any of the "old" schemes working, just changed the new default which is only used if the previously supported schemes don't exist. The `import win32com.gen_py`...

> > I wish I could find that conversation I referred to - so in the meantime we can track the non-writable gen_py directory here https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/issues/1143 ?

> `MSVC v140 Toolset`, but I am wondering if it is possible to build with v142 Toolset components only? Whatever is behind these menu names in the various installation variants:...