[Python-Dev] Compiler used to build Python for Windows

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Wed Mar 5 02:01:36 CET 2008


Steven Bethard wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>> Christian Heimes wrote:
>>  > Bob Kline wrote:
>>  >> Any possibility of revisiting this question (upgrading to a more recent
>>  >> compiler for Windows builds of Python)?
>>  >
>>  > The latest alphas of Python 2.6 and 3.0 are build with VS 2088. I've
>>                                                              ^^^^
>>  Been out in the time machine, eh?
>>
>>> spent some time to get the new build system ready for Python 3.0a2.
>>  >
>>  > Is VS 2008 recent enought for you? :]
>>  >
>>  It would be really nice if we could maintain two parallel Windows
>>  versions, one with an open source tool chain like Mingw and one with the
>>  latest and greatest MS production line.
> 
> Is this mainly a request to use more open source tools?  Because if
> the concern is just cost, Python 2.6 and 3.0 compile with the free
> Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Express editions.
> 
It was maily a request to use more open source tools, but the decision 
has to be made by the developers supporting the build chain.

regards
  Steve
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