[Python-Dev] Supporting Visual Studio 2010

[Brian Curtin]

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 07:48, <exarkun at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:

> 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


On top of that, since you and others have asked on IRC: Visual Studio 2010
Express supports x64 compilation if you have the Windows SDK installed
alongside VS2010. No more "support" via registry and config file hacking.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9yb4317s.aspx
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