[New-bugs-announce] [issue35067] Use vswhere instead of _distutils_findvs

[Steve Dower]

New submission from Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org>:

We have much simpler needs for distutils that don't require the more complex build/dependencies we currently have.

We should remove the extra native module and just shell out to vswhere.exe, which is always included in the VS installer in a known location.

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assignee: steve.dower
components: Distutils, Windows
messages: 328451
nosy: dstufft, eric.araujo, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Use vswhere instead of _distutils_findvs
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8

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