[Python-Dev] Non-Visual Studio builds on Windows XP?

[Neil Hodgson]

Nick Coghlan:

> Which brings me back to needing a .vcproj -> makefile conversion tool.
> At the moment, I can't find any references to anything other than the
> full version of Visual Studio being able to do this.

   It is possible that a 2 stage process may get you something.

   prjconverter converts from VS .NET .vcproj to VC 6 .dsp:
http://www.codeproject.com/tools/prjconverter.asp

   dsw2mak converts from .dsp to makefile
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/mingw/utils/scripts/dsw2mak.in

   I experimented with prjconverter for my projects a while back but decided
it was easier to maintain the different build files in parallel by hand
instead. I haven't tried dsw2mak.

   Here is someone trying to build Python using dsw2mak:
http://uucode.com/texts/python-mingw/python-mingw.html

   Neil