<p dir="ltr">On Jun 6, 2014 6:01 PM, "Sturla Molden" <<a href="mailto:sturla.molden@gmail.com">sturla.molden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Brian Curtin <<a href="mailto:brian@python.org">brian@python.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> > Adding features into 3.x is already not enough of a carrot on the<br>
> > stick for many users. Intentionally leaving 2.7 on a dead compiler is<br>
> > like beating them with the stick.<br>
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> Those who want to build extensions on Windows will just use MinGW<br>
> (currently GCC 2.8.2) instead.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Well we're certainly not going to assume such a thing. I know people do that, but many don't (I never have).</p>