On 8/4/2010 11:00 AM, Brian Curtin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 09:48, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org > <mailto:ba...@python.org>> wrote: > > On Aug 03, 2010, at 09:08 PM, Steve Holden wrote: > > >It's a little disappointing to discover that despite the relatively > >large number of developers who have received MSDN licenses from > >Microsoft, none if us have the time to make sure that the buildbots are > >green for the 2.6.6 release. > > Should note that I did try to build Python using my MSDN license for > Windows 7 > and Visual Studio 2010. I only had an hour or so to attempt it, and > did not > succeed, though I think I got as far as trying to properly situate > various > dependent libraries (sqlite, ssl). > > If anybody's successfully navigated the twisty maze, would you be > able to > write something up on the wiki to describe the steps you've taken? > > -Barry > > > I can expand the dev setup guide I wrote for the PSF Sprints to include > the third-party stuff, then try to get that in wider circulation. I > currently gloss over it to get a first-time contributor up and running > quickly (since someone's first look into core dev is unlikely to be > fixing sqlite). > > I haven't tried the current codebase on VS2010 yet, but it's on my todo > list. > I think that could be incredibly useful. I've tried building Windows Pythons in the past and stalled because I didn't have enough familiarity with the VS environment.
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