On Nov 21, 8:55 pm, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christopher wrote:
> >> Yes. It's too much effort to build, and too few users that actually
> >> use it. Users are still free to build it themselves, and to share
> >> the build with others.
>
> > I guess that I don't understand why you feel there is so much effort
> > involved. I developed a set of makefiles that build Python and all
> > dependencies from the command line using nmake. The only thing you
> > have to do is specify debug and cpu. The rest is taken care of by the
> > Makefiles. Of course, this dev setup uses VS 2005, but it could be
> > made to work with VS 2008 with little trouble. The setup is designed
> > to cross compile the x64 and ia64 architectures.
>
> Martin builds two tested installer/uninstallers that work on nt, xp, and
> vista and include IDLE and docs as Microsoft Help files. The 2.6 doc
> change apparently required changes in the doc build, and 3.0 changes
> changed something about IDLE. To me, that seems enough for one volunteer.
>
> tjr
No criticism was intended. It was merely an RFI.
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