[zeromq-dev] pyzmq Windows binaries

[Ben James]

Hi,

I recently found that there are Windows installers for pyzmq at
https://github.com/zeromq/pyzmq/downloads - this is really useful!

I used pyzmq-2.1.4.win32-py2.7.msi and found that the libzmq DLL which
is packaged with this seems to be a debug build, which means that I
still need to have Visual Studio installed to use it, or else:

    Activation context generation failed for
"C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\zmq\libzmq.dll". Dependent Assembly
Microsoft.VC90.DebugCRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.21022.8"
could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis.

Was this deliberate or was it an accident to provide debug builds?

Ben