On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Tobias Oberstein < tobias.oberst...@tavendo.de> wrote:
> > >It is obscure. And I don't have a link, but the official Python on > > >Windows builds are done using Microsoft Visual C++ 2008. > > > > > >- VS 2010 will NOT work > > >- the free VS 2008 Express works (for 32-bit builds .. it does not > > >include a 64-bit compiler) > > > > > >To build Twisted working with official binary Python builds, the exact > > >same compiler is needed: VS2008. > > > > The question isn't "What compiler is needed to build Twisted?" People > on this > > list probably know that already (I certainly do, since I set up several > of Twisted's > > Windows buildslaves). The question is "How could a user ever hope to > find out > > what compiler is needed to build Twisted?" > > IMO, the build should figure that out (pip/easy_install). Why should I > take the burden > of searching through docs (however easy those may be or may not be to > find), > when the build tool can detect and inform me about the compiler needed? > > Of course that again underlines the deficiencies glyph pointed out with > pip/easy_install. > > Twisted might compensate those by including detection in it's build > scripts .. but > that will be controversial for sure (compensating for stuff that would > better be > fixed elsewhere ..) > > > > > As long as the Python documentation fails to answer this question better > than it > > does now (and VS2008 is not the correct answer: the correct answer > _depends > > on the Python version_), Windows users will not have an easy time of it. > > Yeah, right;) I didn't want to say Python 1.5 builds with VS2008, but the > current Py2 one. > > > > > Jean-Paul > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twisted-Python mailing list > > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python > > _______________________________________________ > Twisted-Python mailing list > Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com > http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python > Hi Actually, you can use VS 2010 with python but you need to modify sth. deploying python app (not only with twisted) on windows is troublesome. Sometimes, I have to manually download .msi files and execute it order by order. I am sure that 99% of windows servers don't have a working compiler no matter it is "free" or not. Regards gelin yan
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