[Python-Dev] Moving Python 3.5 on Windows to a new compiler

[dw+python-dev at hmmz.org]

On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 10:49:24PM +0400, Brian Curtin wrote:

> None of the options are particularly good, but yes, I think that's an
> option we have to consider. We're supporting 2.7.x for 6 more years on
> a compiler that is already 6 years old.

Surely that is infinitely less desirable than simply bumping the minor
version?


David