Awesome!
> On Sep 26, 2014, at 2:01 PM, Steve Dower <steve.do...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > (This is advance notice since people on this list will be interested. > Official announcements are coming when setuptools makes their next release.) > > Microsoft has released a compiler package targeting Python 2.7 (i.e. VC9). > We've produced this package to help library developers build wheels for > Windows, but also to help users unblock themselves when they need to build C > extensions themselves. > > The Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 is available from: > http://aka.ms/vcpython27 > > This package contains all the tools and headers required to build C extension > modules for Python 2.7 32-bit and 64-bit (note that some extension modules > require 3rd party dependencies such as OpenSSL or libxml2 that are not > included). Other versions of Python built with Visual C++ 2008 are also > supported. > > You can install the package without requiring administrative privileges and, > with the latest version of setuptools (when it releases), use tools such as > pip, wheel, or a setup.py file to produce binaries on Windows. > > Unfortunately, this package isn't necessarily going to help with building > CPython 2.7 itself, as the build process is complicated and Visual Studio > 2008 is practically required. However, as most people aren't building CPython > on Windows, this isn't a huge issue. This compiler package should be > sufficient for most extension modules. > > I should also point out that VC9 is no longer supported by Microsoft. This > means there won't be any improvements or bug fixes coming, and there's no > official support offered. Feel free to contact me directly > <steve.do...@microsoft.com> if there are issues with the package. > > Cheers, > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/donald%40stufft.io _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
