[Python-checkins] [python/cpython] 04431c: bpo-30450: Pull Windows dependencies from GitHub r...

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  Branch: refs/heads/3.6
  Home:   https://github.com/python/cpython
  Commit: 04431c926a88be433203f89e3577addd0d41b602
      https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/04431c926a88be433203f89e3577addd0d41b602
  Author: Zachary Ware <zachary.ware at gmail.com>
  Date:   2017-06-16 (Fri, 16 Jun 2017)

  Changed paths:
    M Misc/NEWS
    A PCbuild/get_external.py
    M PCbuild/get_externals.bat
    M PCbuild/readme.txt
    M Tools/msi/get_externals.bat

  Log Message:
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  bpo-30450: Pull Windows dependencies from GitHub rather than svn (GH-1783) (GH-2237)

The Windows build now depends on Python 3.6 to fetch externals, but it will be downloaded via NuGet (which is downloaded via PowerShell) if it is not available via `py -3.6`.  This means the only thing that must be installed on a modern Windows box to do a full build of CPython with all extensions is Visual Studio.

Also fixes an outdated note about _lzma in PCbuild/readme.txt

(cherry-picked from commit 51599e2bdd10ab77212a7cbb41a13ea70ee13da8)