[Python-Dev] Status of 2.7b1?

[Brian Curtin]

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 13:37, Tim Golden <tjgolden at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/04/2010 17:02, Brian Curtin wrote:
>
>> I contacted David Bolen for some details about the his buildbot because I
>> can't reproduce the failure on any Windows XP, Server 2003, or 7 box that
>> I
>> have, and it's also not a problem on the other XP buildbot. He's traveling
>> at the moment but will try to get me access to the box after the weekend
>> is
>> over.
>>
>
> Might it be significant that he's running a Cygwin build of Python?
> I've only run the tests on a native Win32 build myself, and I imagine
> that's true for you too...
>
>
> TJG
>
>
The tests are run on a native Win32 build as compiled by VS2008. The
functionality is Win32 specific and wouldn't work on Cygwin, so the tests
are skipped there. I believe Cygwin is used for kicking off the tests and
other buildbot stuff, but they don't actually run through Cygwin.
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