Bill Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm trying to build a Python extension, and Python 2.4 insists on >> the MS >> Visual C++ compiler version 7.1, which is included with the MS VC++ >> 2003 >> toolkit. This toolkit is no longer available for download from >> Microsoft (superseded by the 2005 version), so I'm stuck. > > This seems sub-optimal. I'm afraid I don't follow the Windows track > closely; has this been fixed for 2.5, or should it be reported as a > bug?
It was discussed before, and the agreement was to use VS 2003 for another cycle (i.e. 2.5). But the fact that VS 2003 is no longer available for download is an important fact, and we might want to rediscuss the issue. Giovanni Bajo _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
