On 29 October 2014 20:26, Donald Stufft <donald@stufft.io> wrote:
This sounds like something good for packaging.python.org
Yeah, I wondered about that. I'll work up a patch for that. But the more I think about it, it really is trivial: - For non-free MSVC, install the appropriate version, and everything just works. - For Python 2.7 (32 or 64 bit), install the compiler for Python 2.7 package and everything just works as long as you're using setuptools. - For 32 bit Python 3.2-3.4, install Visual Studio Express and everything just works. - For 64 bit Python 3.2-3.4, install the SDK, set some environment variables, and everything just works. - For Python 3.5+, install the current Visual Studion Express and everything just works. (I propose to deem Python 2.7 without setuptools as "unsupported") The only things I can see that need expansion are: 1. The precise versions to use (trivial to add, I'm just to lazy to check right now). 2. Where to get VS 2010 Express (as it's no longer supported or available from MS). 3. How to set up the SDK environment for 64-bit Python 3.2-3.4. Before I do a write-up, I want to set up clean VMs with these configurations, so that I can confirm the details. But I don't expect any problems, as I've done them all before. Paul.