[Python-Dev] More detailed build instructions for Windows

[Christian Heimes]

Am 03.07.2010 09:00, schrieb "Martin v. Löwis":
>> I'm trying to test out a patch to add a timeout in subprocess.py on
>> Windows, so I need to build Python with Visual Studio.  The docs say
>> the files in PCBuild/ work with VC 9 and newer.
> 
> Which docs did you look at specifically that said "and newer"? That
> would be a bug.

The readme.txt in the PCbuild directory contains the sentence "Microsoft
Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition is required at the very least". The
wording could be interpreted as "2008 at very least" instead of "Express
Edition at very least".

Christian