[Python-Dev] Fwd: Broken link to download (Mac OS X)

[Brian Curtin]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:36, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

> Paul Moore wrote:
> > On 14 April 2010 07:37, Paul Rudin <paul at rudin.co.uk> wrote:
> >> "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:
> >>
> >>> The major difference in the "do it yourself" attitude is that Mac user
> >>> get a compiler for free, as part of the operating system release,
> >>> whereas for Windows, they have to pay for it (leaving alone VS Express
> >>> for the moment).
> >> JOOI why ignore the express versions of the MS compilers? All (I think)
> >> MS compilers are available for free in command line versions - it's the
> >> GUI tools you pay for.
> >
> > I believe that the express editions don't include some of the advanced
> > optimisations (profile guided optimisation rings a bell) which are
> > used to build the official binaries. So if the binaries were built
> > using Express Edition, they would be somewhat slower.
> >
> > That is just my recollection, however - it may be out of date or wrong.
> > Paul.
>
> I spent some considerable effort last year ensuring the developer
> community was well-supplied with MS developer licenses that give access
> to any necessary tools. Was I wasting my time?
>
> regards
>  Steve
>

I certainly hope not. I believe full MSDN licenses were involved there,
which are a great resource to a Windows developer.

I'll have a whack at building the Windows installer. It would be nice to see
it integrated with the build process, including testing of an installed
version. We already have one or more Linux buildbots which test an installed
build, and that setup uncovered an additional bug in a recent fix of mine.
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