[issue30252] Configuration system does not work for Windows/Visual Studio

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- components: +Windows nosy: +paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware stage: -> test needed type: -> enhancement versions: +Python 3.7 -Python 3.6 ___ Python tracker __

[issue30252] Configuration system does not work for Windows/Visual Studio

New submission from Stephen Kelly: As far as I know, there is a configuration system for python based on the configure script. Python can be configured with --without-threads to disable threading support. There is no equivalent system for Windows/Visual Studio. This makes it harder to build p