(skipping some interesting test descriptions) Hi guys; Just thought I'd mention, concerning the python build and newer Windows SDK... Long ago I changed the naming of the python build patches to clarify that Python expects to change the build path for newer MS compilers.
In order to build python with the old MS compiler we actually use an PC/VS9.0 directory that carries the older build support files. I *think* there is also a PC/VS10.0 directory that could/should be used for some of the newer compilers, and I think Python 3 doesn't even carry the older build support as it doesn't support the old compilers at all. Last I tried, I was unable to find 2.7 repos online to check so you may have to read the instructions in the 2.7.x tarball to check out how to use the older directories to build with which compilers. Hope that helps, Pedro.
