Op 2006-06-15, Fredrik Lundh schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'm not sure how that backs the point you made. Infact, you're saying >> that people accepted that Python 2.4 was compiled with VS2003 because >> VC6 could not longer be bought. How is that different from the current >> situation where the VS2003 toolkit cannot longer be downloaded and it >> is at least becoming increasingly difficult to buy versions of VS2003? >> You also seem to imply that there is a large group of people that want >> you to stay with VS2003 for compiling Python 2.5. > > what part of "Python 2.4 is built with VC2003 and everyone who's ever > built Windows stuff for Python 2.4 already has it" do you have trouble > understanding ?
What about new people who would be interested in building Window stuff for Python? If I understand the situation correctly, people who want to take up, writing C-extentions on windows now, may not be able to do so, because they can't find a compatible compilor for the moment. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
