Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-14 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Am 07.03.13 09:53, schrieb Steve Dower: To use the SDK compiler, you need to do a few manual steps first. After starting a command window, you need to run a batch file to configure your environment. Choose the appropriate option from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-07 Thread Steve Dower
From: Terry Reedy On 3/6/2013 12:29 PM, Steve Dower wrote: From: Case Van Horsen The Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is still available for download. It includes the command line compilers that are used with VS 2008. I have used to create extensions for

[Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Terry Reedy
Clicking this link http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14597 on this Developer Guide page http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#windows now returns a We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found. page with search results. The first search result

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Ezio Melotti
Hi, On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: Clicking this link http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14597 on this Developer Guide page http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#windows now returns a We are sorry, the page you requested cannot

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Ezio Melotti ezio.melo...@gmail.com wrote: I did try a few weeks ago, when I had to download a copy of Windows for a project. Long story short, after 30+ minutes and a number of confirmation emails I reached a point where I had a couple of new accounts on

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Stefan Behnel
Chris Angelico, 06.03.2013 17:30: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Ezio Melotti wrote: I did try a few weeks ago, when I had to download a copy of Windows for a project. Long story short, after 30+ minutes and a number of confirmation emails I reached a point where I had a couple of new

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:46 AM, Stefan Behnel stefan...@behnel.de wrote: Chris Angelico, 06.03.2013 17:30: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Ezio Melotti wrote: I did try a few weeks ago, when I had to download a copy of Windows for a project. Long story short, after 30+ minutes and a number of

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Brian Curtin
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Chris Angelico ros...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any plan for future Python versions to use a free compiler on Windows? That would eliminate this issue, but presumably would create others. No plan, although there are at times patches/issues floating around to

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Case Van Horsen
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: Clicking this link http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14597 on this Developer Guide page http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#windows now returns a We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Robert Kern
On 2013-03-06 16:55, Chris Angelico wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 3:46 AM, Stefan Behnel stefan...@behnel.de wrote: Chris Angelico, 06.03.2013 17:30: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 1:40 AM, Ezio Melotti wrote: I did try a few weeks ago, when I had to download a copy of Windows for a project. Long

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Steve Dower
From: Terry Reedy Clicking this link http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14597 on this Developer Guide page http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#windows now returns a We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found. page with search results. The first

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Steve Dower
From: Case Van Horsen On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 2:20 AM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: Clicking this link http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=14597 on this Developer Guide page http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#windows now returns a We are sorry, the

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Terry Reedy
On 3/6/2013 11:55 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: Someone would have to check, but in most cases, software licenses govern the use, more than the distribution. If you're allowed to download it free of charge from microsoft.com, you should be able to get hold of it in some other way and it be exactly

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Terry Reedy
On 3/6/2013 12:29 PM, Steve Dower wrote: From: Case Van Horsen The Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is still available for download. It includes the command line compilers that are used with VS 2008. I have used to create extensions for Python 2.6 to 3.2. There

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: On 3/6/2013 11:55 AM, Chris Angelico wrote: Someone would have to check, but in most cases, software licenses govern the use, more than the distribution. If you're allowed to download it free of charge from microsoft.com, you

Re: [Python-Dev] VC++ 2008 Express Edition now locked away?

2013-03-06 Thread Case Van Horsen
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote: On 3/6/2013 12:29 PM, Steve Dower wrote: From: Case Van Horsen The Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 is still available for download. It includes the command line compilers that are used with