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<div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">We're very close to having some good news, but unfortunately, that's all I can say right now. Expect a more significant email/announcement from me in the next couple of weeks. (Distutils will hear
it first and get the most detailed info.)<br>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold">From:
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:p.f.moore@gmail.com">Paul Moore</a></span><br>
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold">Sent:
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">ý9/ý23/ý2014 15:42</span><br>
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold">To:
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:distutils-sig@python.org">Distutils</a>;
<a href="mailto:Steve.Dower@microsoft.com">Steve Dower</a></span><br>
<span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-weight:bold">Subject:
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:11pt">Building Python extensions on 64-bit Windows using the SDK compilers</span><br>
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<div class="PlainText">Can anyone give me some advice, please? I am trying to build<br>
extensions on Windows 64-bit, using the free Windows SDK compilers.<br>
But I can't find any official documentation on how to do this, and<br>
everything I have tried so far has failed in frustrating ways. I'm now<br>
at the point where I appear to be hitting the following bug -<br>
<a href="http://bugs.python.org/issue7511">http://bugs.python.org/issue7511</a> which has stumped me completely.<br>
Sadly, as is typical with distutils issues, this one seems to have<br>
been round for years and there is little or no sign that anyone is<br>
willing to fix it.<br>
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Two questions, really:<br>
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* Is there any intention that building extensions with the SDK<br>
compilers is supported?<br>
* How do I do it, if so?<br>
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Personally, this is of limited relevance, as I have the full version<br>
of MSVC available. But I'm trying to put together some documentation<br>
for package developers on how to build Windows wheels, in particular<br>
using Appveyor to automate the process, with the intention that people<br>
shouldn't have to jump through hoops to provide wheels, but should<br>
rather be able to simply use a prebuilt recipe to automate the<br>
process.<br>
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As an alternative, I wonder whether Microsoft would be willing to<br>
support Appveyor by providing them with access to the full version of<br>
MSVC (2008 and 2010) for the build workers? Steve - do you know if<br>
there's any possibility of something like that?<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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