I asked this question on python-dev last week but did not get an answer. If anyone here know the answer I would appreciate it.
The Python Developers Guide specifically states to get VS2017 for developing or enhancing python on a Windows system. Is it still correct to specifically use VS2017 , or is VS2019 also acceptable? I ask this because I know that the *.vcxproj files and other build-environment files have changed format pretty dramatically over the many releases of VS. If a potential new contribution targeted for current and future python will require new build environment files, I wouldnt want to have to down release those files (or expect core devs to do it) at or after submission to the community for approval. Much better to use the same setup as core devs use than to introduce up-level differences in the build environment. IOW, for new releases on Windows are core devs still using VS2017 and so potential contributors should also use that version, or has the core devs process for Windows releases been updated to use VS2019? Peter -- -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list