Preview of Python 2.3 Installer for Win64 Itanium available

[Martin v. Löwis]

I made an initial attempt at packaging Python 2.3 for Itanium,
using Microsoft Installer. The result is available at

http://www.dcl.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/home/loewis/python23.msi

I have tested this installer on W2k3-IA64; it will not do anything
useful on x86 hardware. There are a number of known problems:

- A few tests fail. Most of these are apparently errors in the
test suite and no need to worry.
- Neither _tkinter nor _bsddb appear to work. Any insight on
the cause of the problems, and possible solutions are appreciated.
- De-installation will leave behind the .pyc files.

Please let me know what you think.

Martin v. Löwis