[Python-Dev] Status of C compilers for Python on Windows

[Terry Reedy]

On 10/25/2014 5:11 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:

> It might fragment the community to have multiple different binary
> distributions. But it ought to be possible for any person/organization
> to say "We're going to make our own build of Python, with these
> extension modules, built with this compiler, targeting this platform",
> and do everything from source. That might mean they can no longer take
> the short-cut of "download someone's MSVC-built extension and use it
> as-is", but they should be able to take anyone's extension and build
> it on their chosen compiler. Having MinGW as a formally supported
> platform would make life a lot easier for people who want to test
> CPython patches, for instance - my building and testing of PEP
> 463-enhanced Python was Linux-only, because I didn't want to try to
> set up an entire new buildchain just to try to get a Windows binary
> going. There's absolutely no need for that to be binary-compatible
> with anything else; as long as it'll run the standard library, it'll
> do.

David Murray's unanswered post laid out the path to move in the 
direction you want.  Either take it yourself or try to persuade other 
MinGW fans to do so.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy