This project compiles Boost.Python for Windows, Linux and macOS, the most common architectures and Python versions 3.7 - 3.11.
| Architectures | Python | |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | x86-32, x86-64, arm-64 | v3.7 - v3.11 |
| Linux | x86-64, arm-64 | v3.7 - v3.11 |
| macOS | x86-64, arm-64 | v3.7 - v3.11 |
The libraries are compiled with variant="debug,release", link="static" and cxxflags="-fPIC", making them suitable for static linking only.
We leverage / "abuse" cibuildwheel because it can easily setup all Python versions for us, and compiles in images with an old Glibc version for older linux versions compatibility.
That is also the reason why there is a "dummy" python package, a setup.py and pyproject.toml in here.
We use cibuildwheel's before-build option to make it compile Boost.Python and copy out the compiled Boost.Python at the end.
We also include a patch for Boost.Python that fixes v3.11 compatibility. This issue is solved in upstream Boost.Python, but not merged yet.
See: boostorg/python#385
The downloads are available on the Releases page.
The repository code is released under MIT License
Boost binaries and Boost sources are licensed under standard Boost license.