[Distutils] Building Python extensions on 64-bit Windows using the SDK compilers

[Steve Dower]

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.)

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From: Paul Moore<mailto:p.f.moore at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎9/‎23/‎2014 15:42
To: Distutils<mailto:distutils-sig at python.org>; Steve Dower<mailto:Steve.Dower at microsoft.com>
Subject: Building Python extensions on 64-bit Windows using the SDK compilers

Can anyone give me some advice, please? I am trying to build
extensions on Windows 64-bit, using the free Windows SDK compilers.
But I can't find any official documentation on how to do this, and
everything I have tried so far has failed in frustrating ways. I'm now
at the point where I appear to be hitting the following bug -
http://bugs.python.org/issue7511 which has stumped me completely.
Sadly, as is typical with distutils issues, this one seems to have
been round for years and there is little or no sign that anyone is
willing to fix it.

Two questions, really:

* Is there any intention that building extensions with the SDK
compilers is supported?
* How do I do it, if so?

Personally, this is of limited relevance, as I have the full version
of MSVC available. But I'm trying to put together some documentation
for package developers on how to build Windows wheels, in particular
using Appveyor to automate the process, with the intention that people
shouldn't have to jump through hoops to provide wheels, but should
rather be able to simply use a prebuilt recipe to automate the
process.

As an alternative, I wonder whether Microsoft would be willing to
support Appveyor by providing them with access to the full version of
MSVC (2008 and 2010) for the build workers? Steve - do you know if
there's any possibility of something like that?

Paul
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