[Python-Dev] MS VC 7 offer

[Tim Peters]

[Martin v. Lowis]
> ...
> Some are sincerely hoping, or even expecting, that Python 2.3 is
> released with VC7, so that they can embed Python in their VC7-based
> application without having to recompile it.
>
> No matter what the choice is, somebody will be unhappy.

OTOH, I don't see anything to stop releasing VC6 and VC7 versions of Python,
except for the absence of a volunteer to do it.  While the Wise installer is
proprietary, there's nothing hidden about what goes into a release, there
are several free installers people *could* use instead, and the build
process for the 3rd-party components is pretty exhaustively documented.

Speaking of which, presumably Tcl/Tk and SSL and etc on Windows should also
be compiled under VC7 then.