[Python-Dev] compiling python2.5 (msys+mingw+wine) - giving up using msvcr80 assemblies for now

[Christian Heimes]

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton schrieb:
> of course - if python for win32 ENTIRELY DROPPED msvc as a development
> platform, and went for an entirely free software development
> toolchain, then this problem goes away.
> 
> thoughts, anyone?

That's not going to happen anytime soon. As long as Microsoft Visual
Studio support is feasible, we will stick to VS. WINE support is not a
top priority for us.

Christian