I work with the Mingw-w64 Project, and am the project owner of WPG System64 (you can find out about both at http://www.cadforte.com), which contains Python.org Python 2.6.2. I haven't used Python 3.1.1 because I have seen errors with "print" occur in several places, but that is another topic (I am just now adding Python to my portfolio.)
Python support is becoming critical. For numerous reasons, I want to be able to build Python via the standard Posix method (configure, make, make install), but for Windows, which means using gcc and in my case MSys. The barriers to success are quite small, it is simply a matter of getting the right configuration, which the provided configure (and configure.ac) are unable to produce. It is missing some key elements that, while it builds just fine, produces a broken python (no module os, another missing module, site_import failure.) Mingw-w64 has created a branch that is to be labeled stable with the release of gcc 4.4.2. It is an excellent import crt for msvc using gcc. It is almost too good, making it all the way through the build process except for a few small changes here and there (mainly to the posixmodule, as it has no configuration there. I have configured it.) I am also unclear on what the MS_WINDOWS directive is for vs the standard WIN32, I don't know whether to use it or not. I have gotten through the build without it. Is there any chance of getting some of the devs or anyone familiar enough with the source code to make this possibility become reality? MinGW(32) seems to have given up after 2.5. We are quite active and have complete VC support back to pre-2005 even. Thanks Xenofears (Peter) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
