[python-win32] RE: compilers to build pywin32

[Mark Hammond]

> Is it not going to be possibile to use MSVC6 for 2.4 anymore? Rats. I
> really need to work on that MinGW compatibility ....

The official Python 2.4 release will be built using MSVC 7.1 - hence
distutils defaults to using that compilter.  AFAIK no one is particularly
interested in maintaining MSVC6 compatibility for 2.4, but it should
certainly be "possible" :)

Mark