python3.14t -m pip install pypiwin32 fails

[cclauss]

% uvx --with=pypiwin32 python3.14t

A GitHub Action to demonstrate pip install pypiwin32 on Windows on free-threaded Python 3.14t.

• https://pypi.org/project/pypiwin32

Test results: https://github.com/cclauss/pypiwin32/actions

run_setup
      exec(code, locals())
      ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "<string>", line 121
      print "Building pywin32", pywin32_version
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(...)?

setup.py

- print(("Building pywin32", pywin32_version))
+ print("Building pywin32", pywin32_version)

-             print(("Failed to open '%s': %s" % (ver_fname, why)))
+             print("Failed to open '%s': %s" % (ver_fname, why))

-             print(("Can't find an installed VC for the MFC DLLs:", exc))
+             print("Can't find an installed VC for the MFC DLLs:", exc)

-         print(('Installing data files to %s' % self.install_dir))
+         print('Installing data files to %s' % self.install_dir)

[Googulator]

This version is basically obsolete, since the regular pywin32 can now be installed using pip.

I'm not the maintainer for the "pypiwin32" fork, and have no clue who it is, if any. This repository was created originally to host a bugfixed version we needed at my old employer.

[cclauss]

the regular pywin32 can now be installed using pip.

Unfortunately, python3.14t -m pip install pywin32 fails.

• python3.14t -m pip install pywin32 fails mhammond/pywin32#2674

[Avasam]

Unfortunately, python3.14t -m pip install pywin32 fails.

That's because pywin32 does not support free-threaded Python. See pinned issue there: mhammond/pywin32#2303 (comment)

[cclauss]

@Googulator can we please merge the Python syntax error changes to setup.py or archive this repository?

@glyph Can we please archive or update https://pypi.org/project/pypiwin32 ?

[glyph]

@glyph Can we please archive or update https://pypi.org/project/pypiwin32 ?

@cclauss I'd love to, but I'd like to follow the recommended steps for archiving (doing a new release that makes it clear that no new versions are coming) before doing that. Given that there's not actually a repo for it that is a bit more tricky and annoying than usual.

[cclauss]

Would it be possible to point to a https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/releases and then archive?

[glyph]

Would it be possible to point to a https://github.com/mhammond/pywin32/releases and then archive?

Sure. A simple matter of programming. If you have time for this right now I could add you as a maintainer on PyPI to do the upload?