{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libuv/libuv/issues/1042","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libuv/libuv","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libuv/libuv/issues/1042/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libuv/libuv/issues/1042/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libuv/libuv/issues/1042/events","html_url":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/1042","id":176216139,"number":1042,"title":"Download binaries?","user":{"login":"justinmchase","id":10974,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10974?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase","html_url":"https://github.com/justinmchase","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/justinmchase/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2016-09-11T02:50:25Z","updated_at":"2016-09-14T07:41:10Z","closed_at":"2016-09-14T07:41:10Z","body":"According to the documentation it says:\r\n\r\n> Starting with libuv 1.7.0, binaries for Windows are also provided. \r\n\r\nAs far as I can see there is only a windows installer available.  Is it possible to just get the binaries in a zip? I looked for a little while but haven't been able to find them.\r\n\r\nThanks."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libuv/libuv/issues/comments/246931646","html_url":"https://github.com/libuv/libuv/issues/1042#issuecomment-246931646","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/libuv/libuv/issues/1042","id":246931646,"user":{"login":"saghul","id":317464,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/317464?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul","html_url":"https://github.com/saghul","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/saghul/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-09-14T07:41:10Z","updated_at":"2016-09-14T07:41:10Z","body":"It's really hard to provide binaries for Unix platforms, so we just don't. Also, for better or worse, many applications seem to statically link libuv so that also helps.\r\n\r\nOn Windows, however, the situation is trickier.  With the package you mentioned you should be able to compile libuv, except for the fact we require Python.  The alternative would be to include the VS solution file in the repo, but not enough people complained about it for us to make a desicion on that :-)\r\n\r\nIn the v1.x branch we support VS >= 2008.  That's a lot of versions that would need binaries and we just don't have the inclination nor the manpower to do that.\r\n\r\nLast, libuv is not and end user piece of software, it's a library, so IMHO it's not unreasonable to expect developers to have the necessary tools to build it.\r\n\r\nPlease send an email to the mailing list and maybe we can find some critical mass which feels like we could improve this on Windows.  I know the Kestrel folks mentioned something about releasing unmodified libuv binaries on Nuget, but I'm not sure what's the state of that, or if they made any other advancements.\r\n\r\nI hope you understand. Cheers!"}}
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