[pypy-dev] Buildbot update

2013-09-03 Thread David Schneider
Hi all, I just upgraded the PyPy buildbot on buildbot.pypy.org to run on version 0.8.8 of buildbot. This update should not create any significant visible changes and mainly simplifies some things in the codebase. Also the update should make it easier to add some features, such as decoupling the

Re: [pypy-dev] Windows 7 x64 development

2013-09-03 Thread Robert Grosse
It looks like CPython assumes the use of Visual Studio on Windows, but the express edition does not support 64bit compilation. Would it be feasible to use Mingw instead? I've looked around online, but it seems pretty discouraging. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Armin Rigo wrote: > Hi again, >

Re: [pypy-dev] Windows 7 x64 development

2013-09-03 Thread Clay Sweetser
Um, I believe you're mistaken. Though it's true that visual studio express doesn't *come * with a 64 bit compiler (at least on windows 7 and below, the latest one for win8 does) you can still download the windows 64 bit SDK and use the one that comes with that. Sincerely, Clay Sweetser "Evil begi