[Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #14744: Fix compilation on Windows (part 2)

[R. David Murray]

On Wed, 30 May 2012 14:03:44 -0000, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kristj=E1n_Valur_J=F3nsson?= <kristjan at ccpgames.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames.com at python.org
> > [mailto:python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames.com at python.org] On
> > Behalf Of Georg Brandl
> > Sent: 30. maí 2012 06:52
> > To: python-dev at python.org
> > Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Issue #14744: Fix compilation on
> > Windows (part 2)
> > 
> > Am 29.05.2012 18:54, schrieb victor.stinner:
> > > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/df0144f68d76
> > > changeset:   77231:df0144f68d76
> > > user:        Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>
> > > date:        Tue May 29 18:53:56 2012 +0200
> > > summary:
> > >   Issue #14744: Fix compilation on Windows (part 2)
> > 
> > All Windows buildbots are still failing the test suite, with an "invalid format
> > string" ValueError, so I assume that is related to your string formatting
> > speedups -- can you please have a look at it before I can tag the alpha?
>
> Curiously, the 64bit debug windows build cannot run the unittests either.
> There are crash bugs in the release build and I wanted to repro it using the debug version , but failed.
> This is likely to be related to the virtualenv changes, perhaps.
> see http://bugs.python.org/issue14952

The "ValueError: Invalid format string" was coming from a
broken-on-windows test_calendar test I checked in.  It is fixed now and
the stable windows buildbots are green.

--David