[Python-Dev] Supporting Visual Studio 2010

[exarkun at twistedmatrix.com]

On 09:55 am, martin at v.loewis.de wrote:
>Am 05.04.2011 00:21, schrieb Antoine Pitrou:
>>On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:40:33 +0200
>>"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>>>- users have expressed concerns that they constantly need to upgrade
>>>   VS releases when developing for Python.
>>
>>Isn't that kind of a misguided argument? It's not Python who decides 
>>the
>>lifecycle of MSVC releases, it's Microsoft. We can't be blamed for the
>>churn.
>
>But we *can* be blamed for closely following the MS release cycle (if
>we actually did that). For Python 3.2, we resisted.
>>If getting old (Microsoft-unsupported) MSVC releases is difficult, 
>>then
>>I think switching to the newest MSVC as soon as possible is the best
>>strategy, since it minimizes the annoyance for people wanting to build
>>extensions several years after a release is made.
>
>OTOH, the very same people will have to buy licenses for all MSVC
>releases. If we manage to skip some of them, the zoo of products you
>need to install to support Python gets smaller.

Recent Visual Studio Express editions are available as free downloads.

Jean-Paul